Painting
Object number2011.3.11
Artist
Abe Weiner
(1917 - 1993)
Date1939-1993
MediumPaper; Paint; Crayon(?)
Credit LineGift of Kim Weiner
DescriptionPiece of sketchbook paper with artwork on each side.
Obverse: paint on art paper, features outline of buildings with small squares throughout and touches of a variety of colors in many squares. Rounded lines in lower center. Background brushed with yellow and blue.
Reverse: crayon(?) colored images of a toucan, ball, book with text on spine, and a poodle.Dimensions11.875 x 17.75 in. (30.2 x 45.1 cm)InscriptionsReverse's artwork has text on the spine of the book "[VERSES] / STEVENSON".
Historical NotesPart of a collection of Abe Weiner art and artist materials. Abe Weiner was born in Pittsburgh in 1917. After graduating from the School of Fine Arts at Carnegie Institute of Technology in 1941, he joined the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh. Weiner worked and lived in Pittsburgh his whole life, but his work was exhibited across the country, most notably in the Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Cochran Gallery. In 1950, Weiner was named one of the “Fifty Most Promising Painters in the United States” by Life Magazine.
Related institution
Carnegie Mellon University
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