Collection of the University of Pittsburgh Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA. Gift of The Gimbel Brothers, Inc.
1959.GIMBEL.28

Pittsburgh Night (The Jones and Laughlin Steel Co.)

1947 (Date created)
October 1 1947 (Date published)
Watercolor
Painting
Paintings
41 in W x 31 in H x 1.69 in D (Frame)
28.3 in W x 18.25 in H (Image)
103.5 cm W x 79.4 cm H x 4.3 cm D (Frame)
46.7 cm W x 72.2 cm H (Image)
American
J&L steel mill at night in full production with flames and smoke billowing from many stacks of mill buildings.
"The Jones and Laughlin Steel Co., like hundreds of other busy Pittsburgh plants, worked day and night during the war, with flames and smoke not only providing a spectacular sight, but also indicating the prosperity of a community that lives on heavy industry. The sooty smoke from the tall stacks in the river valley rises to besmirch the residential areas on the hills." (D. Grafty, "Pennsylvania as Artists See it: The Gimbel PA Art Collection", 1948)
In Collection
ca. 1959, University Art Gallery Gift of Mr. Steve Osterweis, President of Gimbel Brothers, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pa.

ca. 1946-1959, Gimbel Brothers, Inc.
Catalog of October 1, 1947 (first publication of the paintings)

D. Grafty, "Pennsylvania as Artists See it: The Gimbel PA Art Collection", 1948

R. Gigler, "Pittsburgh's Man of Steel", Pittsburgh Press Roto, August 12, 1979.

O. Francis, "The Saga of Joe Magarac Steelman", Scribner's Magazine, nov. 1931.

Roy Kahn, "Real Pittsburgh: Just an Average Joe", Pittsburgh Magazine, nov. 1985, 17-18.

Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph, Feb. 25, 1948

John Oliver La Gorce, "Artists Look At Pennsylvania", National Geographic Magazine

Catalogue from March 1959 when the collection was presented at the new University Student Union at Pitt (formerly Schenley Hotel).
Please note that cataloging is ongoing and that some information may not be complete.
Corporate commissions
Western Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Industry
Social
Landscapes