Winds Over Water Sprays, Columbia Chemical, Barberton
Entry/Object ID
SHH 1.106ab
Description
Oil on canvas painting (a) Industry, factory scene. Gray factory complex in midground. Three smoke stacks to right of main building, three to left of main building. Smoke billowing out of stacks, extending through sky off top of canvas. Sky is gray/blue. Train with two flat bed cars, on freight car, and one tanker car visible in midground coming out of red loading building. Blue river with steam rising off of it in foreground. Brown two story building with radio tower extending from it in lower left corner. Footpath with green foliage on both sides of it leading up to building. Tree in lower left corner. Frame (b) made from browish wood with gold highlights.
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
1933
Place
City
Akron
State/Province
Ohio
Country
United States of America
Continent
North America
Inscription/Signature/Marks
Type
Signature
Location
lower left corner of canvas
Transcription
G F Seiberling 1933
Other Names and Numbers
Other Numbers
Number Type
Other Number
Other Number
PTG 5
Dimensions
Height
23-1/2 in
Width
27-1/2 in
Dimension Notes
Painting: 20.5 x 24 in.
Frame: 23.5 x 27.5 in.
Image Size: 20 1/2" x 24"
Condition
Overall Condition
Good
Overall Condition
Good
Notes
Sept 2018 - Returned from ICA after cleaning
Provenance
Notes
Listed in The Akron Art Institute exhibition catalog "Exhibition Paintings in Oil by Gertrude F. Penfield Seiberling" June 10-30, 1938. No. 19, "Winds over Water Sprays, Columbia Chemical, Baberton" dated 1932 in catalog.
Listed in 1946 Memorial Exhibition of paintings by Gertrude Seiberling held at the Akron Art Institute. No. 34.
General Notes
Note
Painting was sent to ICA for conservation in May 2018 and was returned in July 2018. See Media links for documents and photographs.
