Skip Hoists and Lime Kilns - Columbia Chemical, Barberton
Entry/Object ID
SHH 1.111
Description
Industrial scene. Four story red and tan building at left edge. Two story building in midground extends to center of image. Two lime kilns and skip hoists in center of image. White smoke coming from top of kilns. Small white building located behind skip hoists. Train with coal cars in front of buildings, kilns and skip hoists. Train is crossing bridge. Multiple storied black building in background. Light blue railroad trestle at right edge. Men coming out of coal shaft in foreground. Green hills in foreground. Sky is blue with smoke and gray clouds.
Type of Painting
Easel
Artwork Details
Medium
Oil, Canvas
Collection
PERMANENT COLLECTION
Cataloged By
DD
Acquisition
Accession
SHH-Original
Source or Donor
Seiberling Heirs
Acquisition Method
Gift
Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Seiberling, Gertrude Penfield
Role
Artist
Date made
1934
Place
Country
United States of America
Continent
North America
Inscription/Signature/Marks
Type
Signature
Location
lower left hand cover of canvas
Transcription
1934 G F P Seiberling
Dimensions
Dimension Notes
Frame Size: 40.25" x 44.75"
Image Size: 30" x 34"
Condition
Overall Condition
Good
Notes
Noticed during a routine cleaning of the area by Miranda Beaujon. Cracking and flaking paint from surface seems to be the previous 1991 conservation failing.
Overall Condition
Fair
Maintenance
Maintenance Interval
Yearly
Maintenance History
Notes
Photographs of painting before and after ICA treatment, 1991.
New frame added in 2008.
Provenance
Notes
Listed in The Akron Art Institute exhibition catalog "Exhibition Paintings in Oil by Gertrude F. Penfield Seiberling" June 10-30, 1938. No. 20, "Skip Hoists and Lime Kilns, Columbia Chemical, Barberton" dated 1933 in catalog.
Listed in 1946 Memorial Exhibition of paintings by Gertrude Seiberling held at the Akron Art Institute. No. 26.
General Notes
Note
"Skips Hoists and Kilns" was exhibited at National Academy of Design, n.d. Image is most likely Columbia Chemical Company located in Barberton.
This is one of 25 paintings used in the 2008 exhibit "A Period of Perspective - The Art of Gertrude Penfield Seiberling" in the Music Room at Stan Hywet. The majority of these paintings were not framed, and some weren't on stretchers. Thus, new frames were added for the exhibit by Akron Center for Art & Framing, 1915 W. Market St, Akron, OH.
Framed in March 2019 at Akrona Galleries (1765 W Market St, Akron, OH 44313)
for 2019 season's exhibition on Gertrude's artwork.
