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On Way to Pittsburgh, 1830

Object number2023.36.1

Artist Nat Youngblood (1916 - 2009)

MediumWatercolor paint; Paper; Graphite; Ink; Adhesive tape; Linen tape

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey J. Goldstein

DescriptionWatercolor painting study on rectangular off-white paper. Painting depicts a stagecoach in motion with four figures inside the coach, one driver, and one figure sitting atop the coach. A single bare black tree branch is perched above the stagecoach silhouetted against a purple, blue, and white sky. Side of stagecoach has city name painted in blue. Painted area has graphite border and surrounding white margins. Front has two strips of white linen tape along top edge. Reverse of paper has rough texture with old yellowed adhesive tape in the viewer's top left corner and two strips of white linen tape along top edge. DimensionsHeight x Width: 6.313 x 5.563 in. (16 x 14.1 cm)
SignedArtist signature in black ink in the viewer's bottom right corner "Nat Youngblood".
InscriptionsReverse has numbers handwritten in the viewer's top right corner in pencil "50 / 6"; the "6" is circled.

Side of stagecoach has text painted in blue "PITTSBURGH".
MarksReverse has handwritten text in black ink at center "On Way to Pittsburgh / 1830".
Historical NotesPart of a collection of watercolors from Nat Youngblood's Pioneer series.

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