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Pittsburgh, No. II

1909

Joseph Pennell

(American, 1857–1926)
Culture
America
Medium
etching
Credit Line
Bequest of James Parmelee 1940.782
Catalogue raisonné
Wuerth 518
State
II/?
Copyright
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Location
Not on view
Print
A horizontally oriented etching in charcoal and gray depicts a hazy industrial riverfront. Fine, layered hatching creates thick plumes of smoke rising from factory smokestacks, filling the upper composition. On the left, a textured hillside slopes toward several riverboats. In the distance, a bridge and city skyline appear as ghostly silhouettes through the dense atmosphere. The scene dissolves into a thick, gray haze of soot and steam across the horizon.

Pittsburgh, No. II

1909

Joseph Pennell

(American, 1857–1926)
America

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