"Jack Butler-Forbes Field-A Game of Passion and Honor"
Object number2007.114.4
Artist
Dennis Karchner
Date2007
MediumCanvas; Ink
Credit LineGift of Arthur Joseph Rooney Jr.
DescriptionRectangular multi-colored canvas print of Jack Butler. Image of Butler walking on the field, wearing uniform, and pulling long coat over shoulders; thirty-yard maker on ground behind legs; stadium seats, other players and a referee in background. Autograph in white of Jack Butler next to proper right leg. Dimensions18 x 27.75 in. (45.7 x 70.5 cm)Signed"KARCHNER" twice, right corner on print.
InscriptionsAutograph in white of Jack Butler next to proper right 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-FORBES FIELD-A GAME OF PASSION AND HONOR" ".
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.
Terms
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Ron Mahoney
