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Pittsburgh. The Point from Mt. Washington

Object number86.1.257 a,b

Artist Thornton Oakley (American, 1881 - 1953)

Date1913

Mediumcharcoal or graphite, paper, gouache

Credit LineGift of Thornton Oakley

DescriptionCharcoal or graphite drawing on paper with a gouache wash. Vertical format depiction of Pittsburgh's point from Mt. Washington showing river barges with billowing smoke stakes, downtown skyscrapers, a bridge, industrial buildings and leafy trees in the right foreground. The image is executed with a medium that imparts a hazy and smokey quality to the workDimensions26.1199 x 15.62 in. (66.3 x 39.7 cm)
SignedL.R. in pencil below image: Thorton Oakley
MarksBrown gold label on reverse W/ Wonderly Galleries/ Pittsburgh PA Round sticke
Historical NotesDonated by the artist in June 1947.Label TextThis work all came from sketches Oakley did in situ. He later wrote about the experience, “I became aware of an increasing light…In it the bridges, boats, the furnaces, appeared transfigured, to loom in splendor, while the waters of the river, reflecting the midday sun, flashed as though the stream were flowing jewels.”

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