Miner and Coal, Lansford, Pennsylvania

1968, printed 1997

George Harvan

Artist, American, 1921 - 2002

George Harvan

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the UBS Art Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 24.5 × 20 cm (9 5/8 × 7 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 26.8 × 22.5 cm (10 9/16 × 8 7/8 in.)
    mount: 43.1 × 35.5 cm (16 15/16 × 14 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2023.30.78

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, signed by artist, lower right in black ink on applied label: George Harvan; lower right printed in black ink on applied label: Miner And Coal / Mike "Tarzan" Lukas carries lump of coal / from No. 9 tunnel of the Lanscoal Co. / Lansford, PA. The coal was used in the / pot bellied stove in the wash house. / Negative made - 1968 Print - 1997 / George Harvan; by unknown hand, bottom right in graphite: 7203

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