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Coal Breaker

1937

Blanche Grambs

Associated Names

Blanche Grambs

Artist, American, 1916 - 2010

Federal Art Project (New York City)

Publisher

The image shows a view from an elevated position, overlooking or adjacent to a bridge structure. A lattice-like framework casts intricate shadows and patterns. The horizon, marked by vague outlines of land or water, blends into the sky. Bold, thick brushstrokes create rough textures enhancing solid forms. The limited black and white color palette offers a stark contrast, giving the image a dramatic and graphic quality. Patterns and textures dominate the scene, with broad strokes in the foreground and more detail towards the distance.

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Artwork overview

Medium

etching and aquatint in black on wove paper
Credit Line

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

image: 299 x 378 mm
sheet: 380 x 460 mm
Accession Number

2008.115.2221
Catalogue Raisonné

Wechsler 1996, no. 43

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1996

Wechsler, James. "The Great Depression and the Prints of Blanche Grambs." Print Quarterly XIII (December 1996): no. 43.

Inscriptions

In pencil, lower left, © '37; lower center, Coal Breaker; lower right, BM Grambs; stamped in ink: lower left, verso, FEDERAL ART PROJECT NYC WPA

Wikidata ID

Q76550827

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