Born in Chicago, John Storrs studied art in Germany, the Chicago Academy of Art in Boston, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia, and with Auguste Rodin in Paris. He collaborated on many projects with Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright. He was a prolific sculptor and later a painter working in the avant garde style. His work in included in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Whitney Museum, the Metropolitan and the MOMA in New York.

JOHN BRADLEY STORRS
(American 1885-1956)

STUDY IN PURE FORM (FORMS IN SPACE NO. 4)

stainless steel, copper, brass, signed with etched initials 'JS' on base of sculpture, indistinctly number, on a black slate base
12 3/8 (31.31 cm) (height)
14 3/4 in. (37.47 cm) (with base).Literature:
N. Frackman 'John Storrs,' New York, 1986, pages 63-66. illustration of another example.