Chemical Plant
Object number2007.6.42
Artist
Jess Hager
Date1983
Mediummat board, watercolor paper, watercolor paint
Credit LineMuseum purchase
DescriptionMulticolored watercolor painting of chemical plant exterior, with grey stacks and other structures. Male worker in foreground and at top of stack at railing. Fully half of image is sky in blues/whites/purples.Dimensions27.875 x 20.625 in. (70.8 x 52.4 cm)Signed"Jess Hager" in lower right.
Inscriptions"#5" circled, lower right, on reverse.
Historical NotesPurchased from artist Jess Hager, through World West Galleries, Washington, PA. Used in 1983 U.S. Steel Annual Report.Label TextChemical Plant, by Jess Hager, watercolor, 1983. This Pasadena, Texas phthalic anhydride plant, one of two world-scale chemical plants owned by TENN-USS, started commercial operations in late 1983. This plant could produce 210 million pounds of phthalic anhydride a year for use in plasticizers, unsaturated polyester resins, and alkyd resins.
Related institution
United States Steel Corporation
Terms
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