Coal Mining

Object number2007.6.8

Date1978

Mediumfoam board, watercolor paints, illustration board Watercolor

Credit LineMuseum purchase

DescriptionWatercolor painting depicts a yellow machine digging a tunnel in a coal mine, man with hard hat at controls. Mine is in dark blues, purples, browns. Matted in a taupe mat.Dimensions15 x 13.25 in. (38.1 x 33.7 cm)
Signed"Jess Hager © '78" bottom left.
Inscriptions"Coal Mining" lettered on mat at bottom right.
Historical NotesPurchased from artist Jess Hager, through World West Galleries, Washington, PA.Label TextCoal Mining, by Jess Hager, watercolor, 1978 This painting appeared in a number of publications, including a 1984 edition of Steel News. It shows long wall mining at No.37 mine in the Lynch, Kentucky District of U.S. Steel Mining Company.

Related institution United States Steel Corporation

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