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Looking South from the Sheraton Hotel, 10/16/82

ArtistDrawn by Richard Welling American, 1926 - 2009

Date1982

MediumDrawing; black ink on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 16 1/2 x 20in. (41.9 x 50.8cm)
Sheet (height x width): 18 x 23 1/16in. (45.7 x 58.6cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineGift of Mary Lou Raby

DescriptionView, looking south, of the skyscraper CityPlace under construction. Two large cranes are on top of the structure of steel beams and girders. Two additional cranes rise on either side. Automobiles and trucks are parked along Trumbull Street, at the left. There is a skylight in the roof of the building in the foreground.

Object number2002.80.2

InscribedOn recto, inscribed in black ink, lower left, "RICHARD WELLING 10/16/82 / LOOKING SOUTH FROM THE SHERATON HOTEL - 10:20 A.M."
On verso, inscribed in pencil: upper left, "5"; lower left, "1 - 100% (1 PMT) / 2 - 52% (2 PMT's)"; lower right, accession number.NotesSubject Note: The 39-story, 535-foot CityPlace, designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, was the first megablock to be erected during the 1980s Hartford building boom. (Structures and Styles, p. 23)

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