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Gift of the Richard Welling Family, 2012.284.5767  © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.
PlazaWest Complex, Hartford, Connecticut
Gift of the Richard Welling Family, 2012.284.5767 © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.

PlazaWest Complex, Hartford, Connecticut

ArtistDrawn by Richard Welling American, 1926 - 2009
Dateprobably 1988
MediumSerigraphy; black printer's ink on paper
DimensionsSheet (height x width): 18 1/8 x 23 3/4in. (46 x 60.3cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of the Richard Welling Family
DescriptionScreen print of downtown Hartford, Connecticut, with the proposed PlazaWest buildings pictured at their proposed location, bounded by Ann (Ann Uccello), Pearl, Allyn and High Streets. The four proposed buildings are blocky and have pyramidal roofs, and three of them have spires atop the roofs. Circles are used over the entrances and below the roofline. In the background on the left is City Place, and on the right is the Parkview Hilton.
Object number2012.284.5767
MarkingsVerso, bottom left, stamped in gray ink: "The Estate of / RICHARD / WELLING" [in box]NotesDate Note: The PlazaWest complex appears to have been outlined in 1988, in a document given to Richard Welling in the same year. The Parkview Hilton, pictured in the bottom right corner of the print, was demolished in 1990.
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