Images(12)

Artwork

Object number2020.53.1 a-g

Manufacturer Glenshaw Glass Company (1895 - 2004)

Artist Tim Menees

Artist Rob Rogers (born 1959)

Contributor CUD

Designer D'Addario Design Associates, Inc.

Manufacturer D.G. Yuengling and Son, Inc.

Manufacturer Oracle Packaging

Date2003

MediumGlass; Paint; Paperboard

Credit LineGift of Anne P. Madarasz

DescriptionArtwork consisting of six painted green glass bottles with painted paperboard six-pack holder. Each bottle features a different painted portrait.DimensionsHeight x Diameter (a): 9 × 2.375 in. (22.9 × 6 cm)
Height x Diameter (b): 9 × 2.375 in. (22.9 × 6 cm)
Height x Diameter (c): 9 × 2.375 in. (22.9 × 6 cm)
Height x Diameter (d): 9 × 2.375 in. (22.9 × 6 cm)
Height x Diameter (e): 9 × 2.375 in. (22.9 × 6 cm)
Height x Diameter (f): 9 × 2.375 in. (22.9 × 6 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (g - flat): 10.5 × 10.125 × 1.375 in. (26.7 × 25.7 × 3.5 cm)
Height x Width x Length (g - unfolded): 8.063 × 5.125 × 8.063 in. (20.5 × 13 × 20.5 cm)
Signed(a)
Text painted in black on proper left side of painting "TIM MENEES".

(b)
Text painted in black at bottom to the proper left of the painting "ROGERS".

(c)
Text painted in black at bottom to the proper left of the painting "ROGERS".

(d)
Text painted in black on proper left side of painting "TIM MENEES".

(e)
Text painted in black at bottom to the proper left of the painting "ROGERS".

(f)
Text painted in black in bottom right corner of painting "TIM MENEES".

(g)
One of the short sides has been stamped with red ink with the artist information "CUD©".
Inscriptions(a)
Text painted in red at bottom of painting "CYRIL".

(b)
Text painted in dark blue at top of painting "MAYOR TOM".

(c)
Text painted in yellow at top of painting "PIRATES".

(d)
Text painted in red, black, and yellow at bottom of painting "Profanitary".

(e)
Text painted in black at the bottom of the painting "ROSIE".

(f)
Text painted in red at top of painting "Sophie".
Marks(a)
Text embossed on underside "G [inside a square] / 46 / 04 11".

(b)
Text embossed on underside "G [inside a square] / 30 / 04 11".

(c)
Text embossed on underside "G [inside a square] / 33 / 04 11".

(d)
Text embossed on underside "G [inside a square] / 19 / 04 11".

(e)
Text embossed on underside "G [inside a square] / 33 / 04 11".

(f)
Text embossed on underside "G [inside a square] / 31 / 04 11".

(g)
Underside has text printed in black: in top left corner "CARTON GRAPHICS BY: / D'ADDARIO / DESIGN / ASSOCIATES INC. / NEW YORK, NY 10036-4011", barcode in top left corner with number "089924278917", across center "D.G. Yuengling & Son, Inc., Pottsville, PA", and at left center "ORACLE PACKAGING / 1 / 27892".
Historical NotesFamous Pittsburgh cartoonists Tim Menees and Rob Rogers painted these bottles with the help of artist duo CUD, John Drury and Robbie Miller, during a residency at PPG in 2003. They represent iconic Pittsburgh "characters" including Cyril Wecht, former Pittsburgh Mayor Tom Murphy, former Pittsburgh Mayor Sophie Masloff, Pittsburgh Pirates mascot Pirate Parrot, Profanitary cartoon, and Rosie cartoon.

Related person John Drury (born 1960)

Previous owner Robbie Miller (born 1955)

Related institution Pittsburgh Glass Center

Related person Cyril Harrison Wecht (born 1931)

Related person Thomas J. Murphy Jr. (born 1944)

Related institution Pittsburgh Pirates (founded 1887)

Related person Sophie Masloff (1917 - 2014)

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