The Geneva Window never reached GenevaSourced
A government commissioned stained glass, then judged it too provocative to install.
The Irish Free State commissioned Harry Clarke to create a window for a League of Nations building in Geneva. Made from 1927 to 1930, it depicted characters from Irish literature. Officials found the work provocative and did not send it to its intended destination.
The window kept the city's name, but not its address.
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