Crystal Bridges Museum Installs Historic Tiffany Window by Agnes Northrup After Acquisition from Texas Church
The Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, located in Bentonville, Arkansas, has unveiled the Mountain Landscape (Root Memorial Window), a 1917 altar window crafted by Agnes Northrup from Tiffany Studios, in its Visions of America Galleries. This piece, which portrays a serene forest scene, was obtained in May 2024 from Sunset Ridge Church in San Antonio, Texas, after being out of public view for ten years. It is showcased in a turquoise alcove featuring adjustable lighting. Northrup, a trailblazing artist, originally designed the window for the Woodmen of the World society. Additionally, Sunset Ridge Church contributed the Arkansas State Window to the museum. Celebrating its 15th anniversary this year, Crystal Bridges plans a 114,000-square-foot expansion by Safdie Architects in June 2025.
Key facts
- Mountain Landscape (Root Memorial Window) was created in 1917 by Tiffany Studios designer Agnes Northrup.
- Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas, acquired the window in May 2024 from Sunset Ridge Church in San Antonio, Texas.
- The window is over nine feet tall and depicts a forest scene with mountains, foliage, and water.
- It was installed in a turquoise-colored alcove with customizable lighting in the museum's Visions of America Galleries.
- Agnes Northrup started as a 'Tiffany Girl' in Queens, New York, rose to run her own studio, and filed patents for her designs.
- The window was originally commissioned by Woodmen of the World for its Nebraska headquarters and later moved to a San Antonio chapel in 1931.
- Sunset Ridge Church also donated Arkansas State Window, a lancet window with the state seal, to Crystal Bridges.
- The unveiling precedes a June 2025 expansion by Safdie Architects adding 114,000 square feet to the museum.
Entities
Artists
- Agnes Northrup
- Clara Driscoll
- Alice Walton
- Jen Padgett
- Louis Comfort Tiffany
- Agnes F. Northrop
- Joseph Cullen Root
Institutions
- Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
- Sunset Ridge Church
- Tiffany Studios
- Woodmen of the World
- Sotheby's
- Safdie Architects
- Benedict Silverman Collection
- Artnet News
- Sunset Ridge Church and Collective
- Galerie Magazine
Locations
- Bentonville
- Arkansas
- San Antonio
- Texas
- Queens
- New York
- Nebraska
- United States