Snowshroud (Pittsburg #1)
name: label: maker
content: Boyer, Louise MIller
label: maker
content: Boyer, Helen King
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Louise Miller Boyer (1890-1976) was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. With inspiration from her parents who were both artists of music, 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 was interested in printmaking and 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), a surface that could withstand the pressure of the printing press better than zinc or copper plates.
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 drypoint of "Snowshroud (Pittsburgh #1)" by Louise M. Boyer was produced posthumously by daughter, Helen King Boyer.
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: 1984.0338.090
label: accession number
content: 1984.0338
label: catalog number
content: 1984.0338.090
objectType: label: Object Name
content: print
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 13.8 cm x 20.3 cm; 5 7/16 in x 8 in