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The Coal Breaker

1940

Nicholas Bervinchak

Associated Names

Nicholas Bervinchak

Artist, American, 1903 - 1978

Federal Art Project (Pennsylvania)

Publisher

The image shows a large industrial building on the slope of a hill. The building has small windows and a tilted roof. A tree with bare branches is in the foreground, stretching diagonally across the image. The color palette is monochromatic, with shades of black, white, and gray creating contrast between the objects and the sky. The terrain is rugged, with broken branches scattered around.

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Artwork overview

Medium

carborundum etching and mezzotint in black
Credit Line

Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
Dimensions

plate: 25.5 × 16.6 cm (10 1/16 × 6 9/16 in.)
sheet: 28.5 × 19.3 cm (11 1/4 × 7 5/8 in.)
Accession Number

2008.115.875

Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: N. BERVINCHAK 1940; lower left in graphite: THE COAL BREAKER; lower right in graphite: N. Bervinchak

Wikidata ID

Q76548544

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