Drawing
Object number2020.34.1
Artist
Henry Koerner
(1915 - 1991)
Date1965
MediumPaper; Ink; Paperboard; Adhesive
Credit LineGift of Dr. Jerome Apt III
DescriptionBlack ink pen drawing on rectangular white wove paper. Drawing features four adolescent boys, all depicted in the foreground from waist up with short hair and wearing eyeglasses. Bottom foreground has an open book in the hands of the third boy from the left and two model rockets in a vertical position in the viewer's right foreground. Simple background has square ceiling tiles and a window framed by curtains. Drawing is mounted on rectangular paperboard that is white on the front (visible surrounding the drawing) and gray on the reverse.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth (Drawing including backing board): 17.125 x 21.063 x 0.188 in. (43.5 x 53.5 x 0.5 cm)Height x Width (Drawing only): 15.938 x 19.875 in. (40.5 x 50.5 cm)
SignedArtist signature in the viewer's bottom left corner in black ink "Koerner".
Historical NotesDrawing of Jerome Apt III and other members of the Steel City Section of National Association of Rocketry by Henry Koerner. In this drawing with four club members, Apt is the one at center holding a book. To his left is Arnold Pittler, who was a founding member of the club and later a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University. Henry Koerner and Apt's parents met when Koerner was artist-in-residence at PCW (now Chatham University), located on Woodland Road where the Apt family home was located. In 1965, Apt's parents commissioned the artist to do several drawings at a meeting of the Steel City Section of the National Association of Rocketry, the local model rocket club founded by Apt in 1964. This meeting took place at Shady Side Academy one Sunday in the fall or winter of 1965.
Previous owner
Dr. Jerome Apt III
Related institution
National Association of Rocketry
Related person
Arnold Pittler
Previous owner
Chatham University
Related institution
Carnegie Mellon University
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