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Coal Breaker
Coal Breaker

Coal Breaker

Artist (American, 1895 - 1965)
Date1939
Geographic OriginPennsylvania
MediumEtching on cream paper
DimensionsImage: H 9 1/4 x W 12 1/8 in. (H 23.5 x W 30.8 cm)
Paper: H 10 13/16 x W 13 15/16 in. (H 27.5 x W 35.4 cm)
Credit LineCourtesy of the Fine Arts Program, Public Buildings Service, U. S. General Services Administration. Commissioned through the New Deal art projects, 1945
Object number45.1203
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Object NamePrint
Title Details
Primary Title Coal Breaker
Inscriptionsrecto: l.l. graphite "Coal Breaker"; l.r. graphite "Michael J. Gallagher" Marks and Labels/StampsWPA label on file "FEDERAL ART PROJECT WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION Pennsylvania Artist Michael J. Gallacher Title "Coal Breaker" Medium Etching PROPERTY OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT" Written in blue graphite on label "M" and "Jan 27/39"

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