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Gift of the Richard Welling Family, 2012.284.5067  © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.
View from Ann St. After Snowstorm "Larry"
Gift of the Richard Welling Family, 2012.284.5067 © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.

View from Ann St. After Snowstorm "Larry"

ArtistDrawn by Richard Welling American, 1926 - 2009
Date1978
MediumDrawing; black ink on paper
DimensionsSheet (height x width): 16 x 22in. (40.6 x 55.9cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of the Richard Welling Family
DescriptionDrawing of the Hartford Civic Center after its roof collapsed, from Ann Street (subsequently Ann Uccello Street) in downtown Hartford. The twisted metal of the collapsed frame looms amove the rest of the building. There is a reflection of another building in the window in the center of the drawing.
Object number2012.284.5067
MarkingsVerso, bottom right, stamped in gray ink: "The Estate of / RICHARD / WELLING" [in box]InscribedRecto, top left, handwritten in pencil: "|[left-pointing arrow] 11""

Top right, handwritten in pencil: "[right-pointing arrow]|"

Bottom right, handwritten in black ink: "WELLING / FEBRUARY 8, 1978 / 1:40 P:M - VIEW FROM ANN ST. / AFTER SNOWSTORM "LARRY""

Bottom left, handwritten in pencil: "56 1/2 |[left-pointing arrow]11""

Bottom right, handwritten in pencil: "[right-pointing arrow]|"
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