The Coal Mine
Object Details
- Artist
- Thornton Dial, Sr., American, b. Emelle, Alabama, 1928–2016
- Provenance
- Mr. and Mrs. Ronald K. Shelp, New York, to 23 December 1993
- Gift of Ron and June Shelp, 1993
- Exhibition History
- HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "The Hirshhorn Collects: Recent Acquisitions 1992-1996," 4 June-7 September 1997, unpublished checklist.
- Published References
- AQUIN, STEPHANE, et al. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: The Collection (New York: DelMonico Books, 2022), pl. 293, p. 318.
- Credit Line
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Ron and June Shelp, 1993
- (1989)
- Accession Number
- 93.29
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Oil on canvas mounted on plywood
- Dimensions
- 67 7/8 × 71 7/8 in. (172.4 × 182.8 cm)
- See more items in
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection
- School
- Outsider Art
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
- Record ID
- hmsg_93.29
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/py2a0bcf43a-e48c-4bb8-a82a-bd6d26f1cc54
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