(PENNSYLVANIA) Gilbert Cass Design for Allegheny County Sold

Sale 2344 - Lot 211

Price Realized: $ 2,000

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Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,000

(PENNSYLVANIA.) Gilbert, Cass. Design for Allegheny County Soldiers Memorial. Ink and watercolor drawing, 20 x 42 1/2 inches, on linen-backed paper; uneven toning from original wood backing board, faint spotting, faint crease in upper area, remnant of original printed label on verso, taped to mat on verso. [New York, 1907]

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The Allegheny County Soldiers Memorial, now known as the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall, is the nation's largest museum of its kind and a well-known Pittsburgh landmark. This drawing was submitted to the 1907 design competition by Cass Gilbert (1859-1934), an important New York architect best known for the Woolworth Building. Gilbert's submission was beaten out by Pittsburgh architect Henry Hornbostel. Gilbert's conception was similar in style, but includes a dome rather than the existing building's peak, and additional wings on either side of the entrance. Gilbert has also inscribed the names of the Union's greatest Civil War generals beneath the dome.