Chemicals
Object number2007.6.46
Artist
Jess Hager
Date1982
Mediummat board, foam board, watercolor paper, watercolor paint
Credit LineMuseum purchase
DescriptionWatercolor painting depicting two men shown slightly left of center standing on a large metal tube with round opening. Second tube in background. Piping and equipment throughout scene.Dimensions22.75 x 27.75 in. (57.8 x 70.5 cm)Signed"Jess Hager © '82" in lower left.
InscriptionsLower left border: "86 to 61" written in pencil but erased.
Marks"Chemicals" written in pen at bottom center.
Historical NotesPurchased from artist Jess Hager, through World West Galleries, Washington, PA. Used in 1983 U.S. Steel Annual Report.Label TextAt Work in a Chemical Plant, by Jess Hager, watercolor, 1983 Also painted for the Annual Report, but not used, this image features workers in a U.S. Steel chemical facility. About 35 percent of the company's production in this sector was agricultural chemicals, with another 25 percent of the business in industrial chemicals.
Related institution
United States Steel Corporation
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