The Man Trip, Lansford, Pennsylvania
1952, printed 1984
Artist, American, 1921 - 2002
George Harvan
Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 25.2 × 35.2 cm (9 15/16 × 13 7/8 in.)
sheet: 29.4 × 38.7 cm (11 9/16 × 15 1/4 in.) -
Accession Number
2023.30.77
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
George Harvan, Lansford, PA; Paine Webber & Co., New York, 19 May 1998; UBS, New York, 2000; gift to NGA, 2023.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
on verso of mat, signed by artist, lower center in black ink on applied label: George Harvan; by artist, lower right in graphite: #47 In the Man Trip / Lansford Colliery / No. 6 Mine 1952 / LUH 90-1006; lower center printed in black ink on applied label: The Man Trip / Miners leave their work place at the / No. 6 Colliery, Lansford, PA in mine / cars constructed to carry men. / Negative made - 1952 Print - 1984 / George Harvan; by unknown hand, bottom right in graphite: 7205