Drawing, Technical
Object number2023.182.3
Artist
Irene Pasinski Sailer
(1923 - 2002)
OriginBrooklyn, NY
MediumPaperboard; Paint; Graphite; Metal; Plastic; Adhesive tape; Ink
Credit LineGift of William Kolano
DescriptionDesign drawing on rectangular white paperboard. Painted just below center is a horizontal band of flowers and leaves mimicking cross stitch in orange, pink, red, and green set within white painted grid. Graphite border surrounding painted area with graphite and black ink lines extending horizontally and vertically from the corners. Handwritten graphite text and arrow to the viewer's left of the painted area and graphite text in the viewer's top left corner. Along the viewer's left edge to the left of the painted area are pieces of yellowed adhesive tape surrounding a metal grommet on a white plastic backer. Reverse is of paperboard is tan/yellow and has printed black maker text in the viewer's top right quadrant that is partially covered with adhered black paper.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth: 8.5 x 8.813 x 0.188 in. (21.6 x 22.4 x 0.5 cm)InscriptionsHandwritten graphite text to the viewer's left of the painted area "3 1/4".
Blue text to the viewer's left of the painted area appears to have been erased, but is still legible "2 STATS / REDUCE / 2 1/2"; similarly, blue text above the painted area appears to have been erased, but is still legible "1 STAT = ACTUAL SIZE".
Handwritten graphite text in the viewer's top left corner "CIR. 13 1/4".
MarksReverse has printed black text in the viewer's top right quadrant that is partially covered with adhered black paper; visible text reads "BA...OGE / D / 22X...2 30 x 40 / S H / UBLE / CHARLES T. ...S BROOKLYN, N. Y."
Historical NotesDesign drawing of flowers. Part of a collection related to the career of Irene Pasinski Sailer. Irene Pasinski Sailer was an artist, the founder of Irene Pasinski Associates, and a founder of the Carnival of Three Rivers which later became the Three Rivers Regatta. She was born on October 14, 1923, to Anthony and Mary Waichler. After earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1945 from Carnegie Tech, now Carnegie Mellon University, she attended Ecole du Louvre, and Institut d'Art Applique a l'Industrie in Paris, France on a Fulbright Fellowship. Pasinski returned to Pittsburgh and founded Irene Pasinski Associates, a product design firm, in 1956 where she remained the director until 1995. Her firm designed products for Lenox China and The Franklin Mint, among others, and designed signage for the Pittsburgh International Airport. While building her business, Pasinski concentrated on her career as an artist exhibiting in Pittsburgh and New York and serving as a board member and as a president of the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh. She began in the 1940s by creating abstract impressionistic paintings. Later, she worked in mixed media sculptural and relief forms. Pasinski's influence in Pittsburgh went beyond the art world. She initiated the Carnival of Three Rivers in 1976 which became the Three Rivers Regatta, an annual event since 1977. Pasinski also served on the board of directors of the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, and the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts where she was also president. Pasinski died on June 19, 2002 in Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania. She was preceded in death by two husbands; Edmund Pasinski and Paul G. Sailer.
Related institution
Irene Pasinski Associates
Related institution
Carnegie Mellon University
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