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Scott, Joseph,
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Industry
Dress -- Accessory
Object -- Other
Outdoor Sculpture -- Kentucky -- Mortonsville
Sculpture
Coal Miner, (sculpture).
Artist:
Scott, Joseph, sculptor.
Title:
Coal Miner, (sculpture).
Dates:
1983.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Aluminum sheet metal, and pipe, painted with undercoat primer.
Dimensions:
Approx. H. 8 ft. x. W. 20 in. (300 lbs.).
Inscription:
unsigned
Description:
A coal miner stands with his proper left hand in his pants pocket and his proper right hand holding a lunch pail. He has pipe fingers and wears a visored hard hat with a light attached.
Subject:
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Industry -- Mining
Dress -- Accessory -- Protective Gear
Object -- Other -- Container
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Kentucky -- Mortonsville
Sculpture
Owner:
Scott, Joseph, Delaney Ferry Road, Route 3, Box 830, Mortonsville, Kentucky 40383
Provenance:
Formerly located Feds Creek, Kentucky
Remarks:
The sculpture is a tribute to coal miners. The artist is a mine foreman and completed the sculpture while Kentland/Elkhorn Coal was shut down. IAS files contain a related article from the Appalachian News-Express (Pikesville, KY), Oct. 31, 1983, pg. 1.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Kentucky survey, 1994.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Appalachian News-Express (Pikesville, KY), Oct. 31, 1983, pg. 1.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAS KY000186
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