Portrait of Ernie Stautner
Object number2007.114.2
Artist
Dennis Karchner
Copyright holder
Ruanaidh Cards
Date2007
MediumPhoto paper; Ink
Credit LineGift of Arthur Joseph Rooney Jr.
DescriptionRectangular poster of a Ernie Stautner football card. Card image is rectangular with simulated scratches and bends. Top: in black trimmed in yellow is player name and active dates. Image of Stautner face and top of shoulders. At bottom of card is player, team, and copyright information. Dimensions18.625 x 24 in. (47.3 x 61 cm)Signed"KARCHNER 2007" Proper right, next to image, proper right shoulder.
InscriptionsTop: in black trimmed in yellow, "Ernie Stautner" / [in yellow] 1950-1963 70".
On proper right of card, handwritten in cursive, faded, "For Fogerty & Kiely"; on proper left, " "HORSE" ".
MarksAt bottom of card, "[in white] HALL OF FAME - DEFENSIVE TACKLE / [in white outlined in yellow] PITTSBURGH / STEELERS / [in black] [copyright symbol] RUANAIDH CARDS / [below entire card] ALL COPY, ARTWORK, AND IMAGING ARE COPYRIGHT 2007 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED".
Historical NotesPart of a collection of posters created to commemorate the Pittsburgh Steelers' 75th Anniversary in 2007. Commissioned by Arthur J. Rooney, Jr. after long-time personal artist, Merv Corning, passed away in 2006 of cancer. Dennis Karchner is a native Pittsburgher, who now resides in Florida.
Related person
Ernest Alfred Stautner
(1925 - 2006)
Related institution
Pittsburgh Steelers
Previous owner
Arthur Joseph Rooney Jr.
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