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Photography by Edward C. Robison III.

Bootleg Coal Miners

Also known as “Bootleg Coal Mining”

ArtistHarry Gottlieb, 1892–1966
Date1937
MediumColor screen print with extensive additions in gouache
Dimensions14 x 18 1/8 in. (35.6 x 46 cm)
Signedl.r., in pencil: Harry Gottlieb
Inscription(s)recto, l.c., in pencil: Bootleg Coal Miners
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2012.136
ClassificationPrint
ProvenanceDaniel Lebard, Brussels, Belgium; (Catherine E. Burns, Oakland, CA); purchased by Crystal Bridges Museum of Art, Bentonville, AR, 2012
On ViewNo
Bootleg Coal Miners14 × 18.1 in.Tennis Ball2.7 in. diameter

This artwork's face covers about 35× the area of a tennis ball.Drawn to the same scale.