Aerial Image of USS Building
Object number2007.6.1
Artist
Jess Hager
Date1970
Mediummat board, watercolor paper, paint watercolor
Credit LineMuseum purchase
DescriptionMulti-colored image of downtown Pittsburgh with U.S. Steel building at center; horizon shown with Earth curvature. Point State Park with fountain shown at far left, middle. Civic arena to right of Steel building. Spring or summer scene with blue sky and white clouds. Dimensions17.875 x 23.875 in. (45.4 x 60.6 cm)Signed"Hager '70" lower right corner.
Inscriptions"3" written on back, also "16" crossed through.
Historical NotesPurchased from artist Jess Hager, through World West Galleries, Washington, PA.Label Text Aerial Image of U.S. Steel building, by Jess Hager, watercolor, 1970 Hager went up in a helicopter to gain the perspective for this work, painted to mark the building of U.S. Steel's new corporate headquarters in downtown Pittsburgh. Constructed of COR-TEN steel, the 62-story building became not just a local landmark when completed, but the tallest building between New York and Chicago.
Related institution
United States Steel Corporation
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