"Jack Butler - Training Camp"
Object number2007.114.3
Artist
Dennis Karchner
Date2007
MediumCanvas; Ink
Credit LineGift of Arthur Joseph Rooney Jr.
DescriptionRectangular multi-colored canvas print of football player Jack Butler. Image of Butler kneeling on the field, holding a helmet with football on the ground at his left knee, field posts in background. Autograph of Jack Butler on proper left leg. Dimensions22 x 27.875 in. (55.9 x 70.8 cm)Signed"KARCHNER" twice in right corner on print.
Inscriptions"THE DUKE" written on the ball.
Autograph of Jack Butler on proper left leg.
Bottom left corner, below print, in pencil, "4/5".
On back: handwritten in blue marker, "8 Aug 08 / [Art Rooney, Jr.'s signature]".
MarksTop right above print, "[copyright symbol] KARCHNER-2007-"JACK BUTLER-TRAINING CAMP" ".
Historical NotesPart of a collection of posters created to commemorate the Pittsburgh Steelers' 75th Anniversary in 2007. Commissioned by Arthur J. Rooney, Jr. after long-time personal artist, Merv Corning, passed away in 2006 of cancer. Dennis Karchner is a native Pittsburgher, who now resides in Florida.
Related person
John Bradshaw Butler
(1927 - 2013)
Related institution
Pittsburgh Steelers
Previous owner
Arthur Joseph Rooney Jr.
On View
Not on view
Ron Mahoney
