Pigment, Paint

Object number2011.3.14 a-c

Date1939-1993

MediumGlass/Paint

Credit LineGift of Kim Weiner

DescriptionThree glass jars of paint pigment including crimson, cadmium red, and cadmium orange.Dimensions5.5 x 1.75 x 6 in. (14 x 4.4 x 15.2 cm)
Inscriptions(a)
Written on label on front, "Mar [?] Crimson".

(b)
Written on label on front, "Cadmium / Red DP [crossed out] LT / F.S".

(c)
Written on label on front, "Cadmium / Orange / F.S".
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.

Previous owner Abe Weiner (1917 - 1993)

Related institution Carnegie Mellon University

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