Coal Mine - West Virginia

c. 1936

Jackson Pollock

Associated Names
Jackson Pollock

Artist, American, 1912 - 1956

This print showcases dynamic, sweeping lines and curved shapes creating an abstract scene. The central composition features a line of human-like figures in motion, most of them appearing to have their backs towards us. Many of them are partially bent over, and we can’t see any details on their faces. Strong diagonal and horizontal lines resemble beams and structural elements above them. The print is surrounded by a border of off-white paper.
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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mrs. Sanford McCoy (wife of Pollock's brother, Sanford), Deep River, CT; Reba and Dave Williams, Greenwich, CT; gift to NGA, 2008

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2025

  • Jackson Pollock: The Early Years (1934-1947), Musée national Picasso-Paris, 2024-2025, 76, cat. 48, repro.

Bibliography

1978

  • O'Connor, Francis Valentine and Eugene Victor Thaw, editors. Jackson Pollock: A Catalogue Raisonne of Paintings, Drawings, and Other Works. 4 vols. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1978.

2024

  • Snrech, Joanne, and Stalpers, Orane, editors.Jackson Pollock: The Early Years, 1934-1947.Musée Picasso, Paris, 2024: cat.48, 76, color repro.

Inscriptions

lower left, reversed in stone: Jackson Pollock; lower left in graphite: Ed 10; lower center in graphite: Coal Mine - West Virginia; lower right in graphite: Jackson Pollock

Watermarks

BASINGWERK PARCHMENT

Wikidata ID

Q76551672

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