Name/Title
Pabst BuildingContext
"The Pabst Building was a 14-story neo-gothic high-rise building in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Built in 1891, it was Milwaukee's first skyscraper, and was the tallest building in Milwaukee until the Milwaukee City Hall was finished four years later. The Pabst Building was demolished in 1981 and the 100 East Wisconsin Building now occupies its site. Having stood at 235-foot (72 m) tall, the Pabst Building is the 2nd tallest building ever demolished in Wisconsin" (Wikipedia).Collection
Wisconsin Art Collection, Permanent Art CollectionAcquisition
Accession
1965.3Source or Donor
Robert A. ZimmermannAcquisition Method
GiftMade/Created
Date made
circa 1940 - 1959Inscription/Signature/Marks
Type
SignatureTranscription
"MAX FERNEKES"Dimensions
Dimension Description
Framed SizeHeight
30 inWidth
26 inDimension Description
Matted SizeHeight
28 inWidth
24 inDimension Description
Image SizeHeight
22 inWidth
18 inExhibitions
Notes
“Celebration 100: A Century of Alumni Art,” University Art Museum, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, September 3-October 20, 1985.Interpretative Labels
Label
"THE PABST BLDG. with the original sloping roofs was the first real 'skyscraper' in Milwaukee. It was simular [sic: similar] to the Masonic Temple Bldg. done in Chicago by Danial Burnham [sic: Daniel Burnham] & Co. the previous year.
THE MAACK BLOCK [sic: Maacke Building] is the red building at the right. An ornamental lion's head from this building is [was] on display with a photograph on the library display balcony.
FIRST WISCONSIN BANK BUILDING at the top left [is] represented [in] the archive b a set of structural plans.
The Marshall Ilsley Bank is below it. We have DeGelleke's several remodeling plans for it." (Information from Wisconsin Architectural Archive label on frame backing).Research Notes
Notes
This painting is reproduced in the 11/21/1965 MJ, though it is mis-identified in the article as "Kilbourn Av. Looking West."