Coal Miner’s Daughter Carrying Kerosene, Company Housing, Scotts Run, West Virginia

1938, printed 1980

Marion Post Wolcott

Associated Names
Marion Post Wolcott

Artist, American, 1910 - 1990

The image shows a dirt path with train cars on the left and a wooden house with a porch on the right. The horizon is unclear and obscured by mist, aligning with the tree tops and train cars. The image is a photograph in black and white, highlighting contrasts in the scene. A child in a light garment is walking on the path near the train cars.
This object’s media is not available for download. Contact us about image usage.
On View

West Building Main Floor, Gallery M78

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    R. K. Mellon Family Foundation

  • Dimensions

    image: 16.51 × 22.38 cm (6 1/2 × 8 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 20.32 × 25.4 cm (8 × 10 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2025.44.10

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, Bonhams, San Francisco, 2003); Ron Perisho, Gettysburg, PA; NGA purchase, 2025.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed by artist, on verso, lower right corner in graphite: Marion Post Wolcott; along top: Coal miner's daughter carrying home can of kerosene, / Scotts Run, W.Va. 1938 / Archivally processed by MPW 1980 / selenium toned " "; by unknown hand, top left corner: ST; center: 30180M2

You may be interested in

Loading Results