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Drawing, Technical

Object number2014.44.21

Artist Jane Haskell (1923 - 2013)

Date1986

MediumPaper/Graphite

Credit LineGift of Estate of Jane Haskell

DescriptionGraphite drawing on rectangular white graph paper with light purple grid lines. Plan view and side elevation drawing of the dry wall.Dimensions24.938 x 36.25 in. (63.3 x 92.1 cm)
SignedText in bottom right corner "J. Haskell / 11/14/86".
MarksVertical section of drawing is labeled "SIDE ELEVATION" and has additional text labeling different sections of the drawing: "Drywall"; "Existing Wall"; and "2 Removable / Perforated Grills: One on Each Side / for Access to Transformers". Horizontal section of the drawing has text running from left to right: "Grill / To Hide Transformers"; "Transformers"; "Wood Studs"; "Grill or Panel at Top & Bottom of Wall"; "Wood Studs"; "Dry Wall / Grill to Hide Transformers / Transformers"; and "Existing Wall".

Text in bottom left corner "Proposal: Dry Wall for Neon Installation - William Pitt Union / Plan View & Side Elevation - Page II Scale 1" = 1' " and in the bottom right corner "J. Haskell / 11/14/86".
Historical NotesThis drawing, along with 2014.44.17-.21, are related to the artist's proposal for a neon installation at the University of Pittsburgh Student Union also known as the William Pitt Union. Jane Haskell, born Shirley Jane Zirinsky, was born in Cedarhurst, Long Island, New York on November 24, 1923, and died in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on May 28, 2013. She earned a bachelor of fine arts degree from Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York in 1944 where she studied painting and design. She married Edward Norton Haskell in August of 1945. The family moved from New York to Pittsburgh in 1949. She earned a master's degree in art history from the University of Pittsburgh in 1961. She taught at Duquesne University for a decade. In her early career she was a painter and sculptor, and in 1979 she began to incorporate neon and light elements into her artwork. "Early in her career, she signed paintings "J. Haskell," believing she would have greater success in the art world if her gender was ambiguous." [see article in object file.]

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