Survival
Object number2011.3.6
Artist
Abe Weiner
(1917 - 1993)
Date1947
Credit LineGift of Kim Weiner
DescriptionMulticolored print on beige card stock. Features artistic rendering of twisted and bent tree rooted in a nearly barren hilltop. Blue sky with white and grey clouds in background.Dimensions19.5 x 25.5 in. (49.5 x 64.8 cm)SignedArtist signature on bottom left of image, "A. WEINER".
Black ink signature below print at bottom right "Abe Weiner / 23/500".
MarksText below image, in center "Survival / by Abe Weiner".
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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