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Adler & Sullivan, Architects

Frieze Section from the Rothschild Building, Chicago, Illinois

1881 (demolished 1972)
Cast iron
45.1 × 94 cm (17.8 × 37 in)

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Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · verified July 2026

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