Collection of the University of Pittsburgh Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA. Gift of The Gimbel Brothers, Inc.
1959.GIMBEL.17

Empty Ingot Molds

October 1 1947 (Date published)
1947 (Date created)
Gouache
Painting
Paintings
31 in W x 25.5 in H x 1.5 in D (Frame)
20.875 in W x 15.875 in H (Image)
American
Industrial mill scene with 1 figure on track with line of empty ingot molds waiting to be filled with steaming hot molten steel.
"Every steel yard is filled with ingot modls on buggies. They stand in long rows waiting to be pulled by "dinky" locomotives into the pouring shed to receive molten steel. They then go to the stripping cranes where the molds are removed from the ingots which are sent to the soaking pits. The network of narrow gauge tracks turns the steel mill plant area into a diminutive railway system." (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