Collection Highlights
Memorial sample card
Date:
Object Number:
1947.490a
Medium:
Watercolor and hair on ivory
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Museum Collections
Drawings
World Trade Center Construction Site: North Tower with 79 Stories
Object Number:
2012.26.43
Date:
1970
Medium:
Black, gray and beige porous-tip pens on dark ivory paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 23 5/8 x 18 in. (60 x 45.7 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower right in black porous-tip pen: "WELLING / 7/25/70 / NORTH TOWER 79 STORIES WITH 31 TO GO TO REACH / 110. HOT, HUMID JULY AFTERNOON"; verso: blind stamp in gray ink at lower right: "The Estate of RICHARD WELLING"
Credit Line:
Gift of the Richard Welling Family
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
