Collection of the University of Pittsburgh Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA. Gift of The Gimbel Brothers, Inc.
1959.GIMBEL.23

Unloading at Market

October 1 1947 (Date published)
1946 – 1947 (Date created)
Gouache
Painting
Paintings
31 in W x 25.5 in H (Frame)
21.75 in W x 16.25 in H (Image)
American
Two Amish farmers and their wives unloading produce for farmers market from their horse drawn blue carts.
"On market days farmers and their wives are out of bed before down to show their produce in carts for the long drive into the nearest town. Farmers' markets are a feature encouraged by many Pennsylvania organizations including the Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society and the Pennsylvania State Grange. Everything from eggs to live stock is sold in these markets that constitute a folk meeting ground. Amish farmers and their carts are here featured." (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
Farming
Landscapes