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Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Coal Pickers
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Coal Pickers

Artist David Burke (American, active 20th Century)
Publisher/Publishing House Works Progress Administration - Federal Arts Project , NYC Studio (1935 - 1943)
Date1939
Made/manufacturedNew York, New York
MediumColor woodcut
Dimensionssheet: 14 1/2 x 18 in. (36.8 x 45.7 cm)
image: 10 1/8 x 14 1/16 in. (25.7 x 35.7 cm)
matt: 20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 61 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineCourtesy of the Fine Arts Program, Public Buildings Service, U.S. General Services Administration, commissioned through the New Deal Art Projects, with gratitude to Dr. and Mrs. Corbin S. Carnell, in memory of E. Muriel Adams.
Object numberL2012.54.21
Collections
Descriptionfigures picking up coal from huge piles on industrial site
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David Burke
1936-1943
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Chet Harmon La More
1936-1943
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David Burke
1935-1943
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Utagawa (Ando) Hiroshige 歌川 広重
Edo period (1615-1867), 1843-1847
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Nan Lurie
1936-1943
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Franz Altschuler
1954
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John Burke
Photo date: 1878-1880; Reproduction print: 2010-2011
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Ainslie Burke
undated