USS - Taping the Furnace
USS - Taping the Furnace
USS - Taping the Furnace

USS - Taping the Furnace

Object number2007.6.29
Artist
Date1980
MediumReproduction on paper
Credit LineMuseum purchase
DescriptionColor reproduction of primarily orange and rust colored watercolor showing an interior scene at a steel mill. Somewhat impressionistic in style. Shows at left an oblong vessel situated below a railing; molten substance is flowing into the vessel. One figure at railing corner. Back right of image shows additional molten substance/activity. Painting is mounted to foam board; no mat.Dimensions14 x 10.937 in. (35.6 x 27.8 cm)
Signed"Jess Hager '80" at lower left (signed twice, one is original).
Historical NotesPurchased from artist Jess Hager, through World West Galleries, Washington, PA.Label TextUSS - Taping the Furnace, by Jess Hager, watercolor, 1980 Hager did this small layout in his sketch book on-site, probably at Edgar Thomson. The larger version displayed next to it is the original painting done in the studio from the sketch. Both capture the heat and energy of the factory floor.
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