Aetna Life Insurance Company Building
ArtistPainted by
Ogden Pleissner
American, 1905 - 1983
Date1955
MediumOil on canvas in gilt wood frame with fabric inset
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (stretcher height x width): 28 1/4 x 40 1/4in. (71.8 x 102.2cm)
Frame (height x width x depth): 37 7/8 x 47 3/4 x 2 7/8in. (96.2 x 121.3 x 7.3cm)
Frame (height x width x depth): 37 7/8 x 47 3/4 x 2 7/8in. (96.2 x 121.3 x 7.3cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineGift of the heirs of Morgan B. Brainard
DescriptionA large Georgian office building is surmounted by a cupola with a gold dome. A grassy lawn, trees, and a garden are in the foreground. Additional plantings are visible on a terrace on the roof of a central part of the building. Three men stand at the right. Two of them appear to be holding rakes.
Object number1961.1.16
MarkingsOn brass plate affixed to frame, "PRESENTED TO / MORGAN B. BRAINARD / BY AETNA LIFE GENERAL AGENTS / IN COMMEMORATION OF / HIS FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY / WITH THE COMPANY / FEBRUARY 14, 1955"InscribedOn frame, in black crayon, "7404"On frame in black crayon, "7404"; in pencil, "1405" "March 31, 1955"; in white chalk, illegible inscriptionNotesDate Note: The painting was presented to Morgan G. Brainard at a dinner in 1955 celebrating his fiftieth anniversary as president of the Aetna Life Insurance Company.
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