Will La Favor b. 1861, Bust of Louis Joliett, bronze, approximately 30 inches tall, entrance door, 201 East Jefferson, Joliet Central High School, Joliet Illinois, U.S.A. ------------------------------- HyperLink View waymark gallery Bust of Louis Joliet - Joliet, IL in Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member adgorn N 41° 31.502 W 088° 04.499 16T E 410312 N 4597601 Quick Description: Bust of Joliet, approximately 30 inches tall, set above entrance door to Joliet Central High School. Location: Illinois, United States Date Posted: 7/21/2010 11:29:28 AM Waymark Code: WM9A9Z Published By: Groundspeak Charter Member BruceS TITLE: Bust of Louis Joliet ARTIST(S): La Favor, Will, b. 1861, sculptor. DATE: ca. 1906-1910. MEDIUM: bronze CONTROL NUMBER: IAS 74350001 Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link] PHYSICAL LOCATION: Joliet Central High School, 201 East Jefferson, Joliet, IL above entrance DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH: none, although I suppose the Smithsonian should have gone with the sculptor's spelling of "Joliett" https://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM9A9Z_Bust_of_Louis_Joliet_Joliet_IL https://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?uri=full=3100001~!304747~!58&ri=4&aspect=basic&menu=search&source=~!siartinventories&profile=ariall https://www.google.com/maps/@41.5249023,-88.0751032,3a,90y,22.86h,99.48t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sNoMFslHwJX--sxfEZWf_Dg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192 -------------------------------- The original building was designed by architect Frank Shaver Allen in the "Collegiate Gothic" featuring arches, castellated walls, and towers. It was built in 1901 and expanded by the D. H. Burnham Company, in 1917, 1922, 1924, and 1931 which were build in similar style. There is a historical display on the second floor near the South Entrance that is maintained by the Joliet Central Historical Society. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joliet_Central_High_School ------------------------------ Joliet in photographs, giving a report of possession and present conditions, Supplement to The Joliet News, 1909, Celebrating our thirty-second birthday, [Joliet. Ill., Brewster press], 1909, [52 p.] https://archive.org/details/jolietinphotogra00joli/ Our cover design is a photograph of the bust of Louis Joliett placed above the main entrance to the Joliet High School. It is the work of Will La Favor, a graduate of the Joliet public schools, and it is a pleasure to announce that this is the best portrait of the great explorer. Joliet 1909 -------------------------------- LA FAVOR, Will George - Joliet, Illinois. Born in Frankfort, New York. Pupil of Art iNstitute of Chicago. 179. Dr. Thomas Bilroth. Plaster, low relief [1897, p. 30]. LA FAVOR, WILL. — 726 Athenæum Building , Chicago. 118 . Harrison Wild . Plaster . 119 . Portrait . Plaster [March 1899, p. 20]. LA FAVOR, WILL — 726 Athenaeum Building, Chicago . 151 . J. E . Dobson as John Weatherby . Bronze . 152 . Aunt D . Plaster . 153 . Nathan Friend . Plaster . 154 . Henry Miller as Sidney Carton . Plaster . [March 1900, p. 22] LA FAVOR , WILL . - 726 Athenæum Building , Chicago. 88 . Jane Addams. Plaster. [February 1901, p. 21] LA FAVOR , WILL — 726 Athenaeum Building, Chicago, Ill. 126 . Mrs. Frank Holme. Plaster . [February 1903, p. 21] Catalogue of an Exhibition of Works by Chicago Artists, Art Institute of Chicago, 1897-1904. https://books.google.ca/books?id=9dMqAAAAYAAJ --------------------------------- LA FAVOR , WILL G . – Joliet, Ill. Born in Frankfort, N . Y . Pupil of Art Institute and Lorado Taft, Chicago. Represented by work in the permanent collection of the Detroit Art Museum . 279 . Mother and daughter . Bas relief, plaster [1900, p. 48]. LA FAVOR , WILL G . - 26 Van Buren Street, Chicago, Ill. Born in Frankfort, N . Y . Pupil of Art Institute and Lorado Taft, Chi cago . Represented by work in the permanent collection of the Detroit Art Museum . 370 . Bust, Dr. N . S . Davis, Sr. Plaster [1901 p. 54]. LA FAVOR , WILL G . – 26 Van Buren Street, Chicago, I11 . Born in Frankfort, N . Y . Pupil of Art Institute , Lorado Taft and Here mon MacNeil, Chicago . Represented by work in the permanent col lection of the Detroit Art Museum . 530 . Esquimaux . Plaster [1902, p. 64]. LA FAVOR , WILL G . - 26 Van Buren Street, Chicago , Ill. Born in Frankfort, N . Y . Pupil of Art Institute , Lorado Taft and Her man McNeil , Chicago. Represented by work in the permanent collec tion of the Detroit Art Museum . 442 . Dr. Herrick Johnson .' Plaster bust. 443. A modern Prometheus. Plaster high relief [1904, p. 69]. Annual American Exhibition [of] Paintings and Sculpture, Volumes 11 à 17, 1898-1904. https://books.google.ca/books?id=4dEqAAAAYAAJ --------------------------------- La Favor, Will- Joliet, lll. 111 POl'trait. Bas Relief. 112 Portrait. Bas Relief [p. 12]. Chicago Society of Artists, Eighth annual spring exhibition, April 7th, 1896. https://www.artic.edu/assets/5a870dd5-a4c9-eb25-2cd2-5d542904dd37 --------------------------------- Will La Favor and the writer showed respectively portrait reliefs [p. 126] Taft, Lorado, « The Exhibition of the National Sculpture Society », Brush and Pencil, Vol. 2, No. 3 (Jun., 1898), pp. 124-127. https://www.jstor.org/stable/25505263 https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/25505263.pdf