Title:
Untitled (Coal Miners)
Creator/Contributor:
Sugimoto, Henry
Date:
1984
Identifier:
92.97.111
Format:
painting
oil and marker on canvas
Inscription:
Signed in medium, bottom left corner: H. Sugimoto, 84
Description:
Split imagery of life in coal mine and world above. One man shovels coal, right foreground, while another raises a pickaxe
above coal in wall on left. Behind them one man pushes a coal bin on tracks, right midground, as a man walks with a pickaxe
and bucket in tunnel. All men are dressed in brown pants, black boots, cap and blue vest over tan shirt. A lamp shines light
from above. At top, cloud-like image of trees and coal mill with sign, "Coal Mine," under sunny sky. Stretched and framed,
marker on canvas.
Subject:
Coal mines
Coal miners
Coal mining
Picks (tools)
Shovels
Buildings
Trees