Iron Miner, Bessemer, Alabama

1936

Peter Sekaer

Associated Names
Peter Sekaer
Artist, American, born Denmark, 1901 - 1950
The artwork is a black and white photograph showing a man from the chest up. He is slightly angled to the right and looking directly at the camera with a serious expression. He has short hair and is wearing a miner's helmet with a headlamp attached. His clothing is a work jacket over a collared shirt, both of which look worn and dusty. In the background, there is a blurred landscape with a few structures and a pole.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 21.4 × 16.5 cm (8 7/16 × 6 1/2 in.)
    mount: 34.6 × 27.1 cm (13 5/8 × 10 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2025.47.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Estate of the artist; (Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York); NGA purchase, 2025.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, top right in graphite: Sekaer; center right in black ink: P. I. Sekaer / 217 W. 14 St. / NYC; lower center in graphite: Bessemer Iron Mine / Ala.; on recto, lower left of mount embossed perpendicular: BAINBRIDGE / DRAWING BRISTOL; on verso, by unknown hand, bottom center in graphite: PF27651; bottom right: TY 24

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