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East Liberty

Object number2018.11.2

Artist Robert Qualters (born 1934)

Date1982

MediumCanvas; Oil paint; Wood; Metal

Credit LineGift of Robert Qualters

DescriptionOil painting on canvas depicting East Liberty neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth: 72.375 × 72.438 × 2.25 in. (183.8 × 184 × 5.7 cm)
SignedPainted artist signature in bottom right corner of bottom scene "R. Q. / '82".
InscriptionsPainted text in top left scene: in top right corner "SHOES" and in bottom right quadrant "STOP", "BUS", and "REGENT".

Painted text in the top right scene in the bottom left corner "REGENT REGENT".

Painted text in right center scene "GIL'S / FOR / YOUR / HOLIDAY / SALE / NEEDS" and "AFTER CHRISTMAS SALE"; both phrases are in reverse.

Painted text in background at top center "Sunny / Saturdays in / June / the small / birds mate / in a niche / over the / Regent Theatre" and "The / world / going / by in its / curious / [arrow pointing to the word "SHOES" in the top left scene]".

Painted text in background at top left " "When men were all asleep the snow came flying, / In large white flakes falling on the city brown," ".

Painted text in background above the right center scene "AIR OF AMBER".

Painted text in background to the left of the right center scene "CHRIST- / MAS / PAST".

Painted text in background at left center "EAST / LIBERTY / Penn & Highland / SEARS, WOOLWORTH'S, McDONALD'S, RITE-AID, GNC, SUN DRUG, PIC-WAY, THE BELL TELEPHONE STORE, THOM McCAN / LERNER DRESS SHOP, FASHION HOSIERY, NATIONAL RECORD MART, KELLY AND COHEN, G.E. APPLIANCE STORE, REGENT / SPORTSWEAR, BAKER'S SHOES, [illegible]".

Painted text in background at right center, below the right center scene "HARDEE'S, THOROFARE AND GIANT EAGLE, PITTSBURGH / NATIONAL, MELLON AND EQUIBANK, / SELMA BURKE ART CENTER, / YMCA".

Painted symbol in background at right center is superimposed “E” and “L”.

Painted text in background across bottom " "We MUST show the public . . . that East Liberty is an excellent place to come because they will not fall on the ice and snow and it's clean." " and in bottom right corner "CHAMBER OF / COMMERCE NEWSLETTER / also ROBERT BRIDGES / LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI / and HENRY W. LONGFELLOW".

Reverse of canvas has handwritten text along top stretcher “A1378 E. LIBERTY BUS STOP” and handwritten text along left stretcher near to left corner (when looking at reverse "EAST LIBERTY / A1378").

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