Slag Dump
name: label: artist
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 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 watercolor drawing by Louise M. Boyer served as a priliminary sketch for the print "Slag Dump."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania
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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: 1993.0427.02
label: catalog number
content: 1993.0427.02
label: accession number
content: 1993.0427
label: catalog number
content: 1993.427.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Watercolor
label: Other Terms
content: Watercolor; Watercolor
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8.4 cm x 27.1 cm; 3 5/16 in x 10 21/32 in