Old Mellon Bank
name: label: maker
content: Boyer, Louise MIller
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Louise Miller Boyer (1890-1976) was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. With inspiration from her parents who were both music artists, she studied painting and design at what is now the Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Boyer met and married her architect husband Ernest W. Boyer (1884-1949) at their alma mater. Their child Helen King Boyer (1919-2012) shared their interest in art and particularly printmaking.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Louise with her daughter and husband began working in the medium in the 1930s. They worked regularly with anodized aluminum printing plates, a product of local manufacture from the Aluminum Company of America (Alcoa), which included a surface that could withstand the pressure of the printing press better than zinc or copper.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Although the family moved to Maryland, New Jersey, New York and Missouri, Pittsburgh was their main subject of interest, with its industrial-rich scenery, and smoke-filled environment.
label: Description (Brief)
content: This etching print, titled "Old Mellon Bank," was produced by Louise M. Boyer, signed posthumously by daughter, Helen King Boyer, and cut down from an illustration in Look Magazine.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1984.0338.122
label: accession number
content: 1984.0338
label: catalog number
content: 1984.0338.122
objectType: label: Object Name
content: print
label: Object Name
content: etching
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 23.3 cm x 15.3 cm; 9 3/16 in x 6 in