Gift of the Richard Welling Family, 2012.284.5718 © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.

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Gift of the Richard Welling Family, 2012.284.5719 © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Gift of the Richard Welling Family, 2012.284.5720 © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Gift of the Richard Welling Family, 2012.284.5721 © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Gift of the Richard Welling Family, 2012.284.5722 © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Gift of the Richard Welling Family, 2012.284.5723 © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Gift of the Richard Welling Family, 2012.284.5724 © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Gift of the Richard Welling Family, 2012.284.5725 © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.

PlazaWest, Hartford, Connecticut

ArtistDrawn by Richard Welling American, 1926 - 2009

Date1988

MediumDrawings; black ink on paper Photocopies; black toner on paper

DimensionsSheet (height x width): 18 x 23 7/8in. (45.7 x 60.6cm) and smaller

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineGift of the Richard Welling Family

DescriptionEight drawings and photocopies of the proposed PlazaWest development in Hartford, Connecticut. The buildings are depicted from various angles. In three of the drawings, they are depicted without their pyramidal roofs. Other Hartford buildings depicted include 180 Allyn (never built), City Place, the Parkview Hilton, Goodwin Square, and Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch.

Object number2012.284.5718-.5725

MarkingsVersos, stamped in gray ink: "The Estate of / RICHARD / WELLING" [in box]Inscribed2012.284.5718, recto, bottom left, handwritten in black ink: "11-23-WED - (1/4)(1/4) / 11-22-TUE-(1/2) / 11-20 SUN- (1) + (1/4) / 11-21-MON (1/2) / 11-25-(1/4) (1/4) / 11-19-88 - SAT-(1)+(3/4)(1/4)"

2012.284.5719, recto, bottom left, handwritten in black ink: "8-3-88 AM ["M" is underlined] / TOUGH ANGLE!" ["ANGLE" is underlined]

2012.284.5720, recto, bottom left, handwritten in black ink: "SCULPTURE IN / MIDDLE OF STREET? / GIANT LETTERS SPELLING / "HARTFORD"-?"

Bottom left, handwritten in black ink: "8-3-88 [underlined] AM [underlined] / TOPS? / BEVELED EDGE"

2012.284.5721, recto, bottom left, handwritten in black ink: "8-17-88- 4-5PM"

2012.284.5722, recto, bottom left, handwritten in black ink: "11-26-1/3+1/2+1/4+1/4+1/4+1/2"

2012.284.5723, recto, bottom left, handwritten in black ink: "SATURDAY- 11-5-88 - 3:45"

2012.284.5724, recto, bottom left, printed in black toner: "11/22 (1 1/4) + (1/4) / 11-20 SUN (1/2) (1/4) (1/4) (1/4) (1) / 11-21-MON (1/4)+(1/4)"

Bottom left, printed in black toner: "11-19-SAT-88- (3/4) + (1) + (1 1/4) (1/4)"

Bottom left, handwritten in pencil: "(FOR POSTER - MOVED DETAIL TO BE INDICATED) / GLASS AREA ON MIDDLE BLDG TO BE LIKE CLOSER BLDG. EFFECT)"

2012.284.5724, recto, bottom left, handwritten in black ink: "SUNDAY -11-6-88 - 4:25"

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