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Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Industry
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Pittston
Sculpture
The Coal Miner, (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Title:
The Coal Miner, (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated June 3, 1979.
Medium:
Sculpture: Vermont granite; Base: polished black marble.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 102 in. x 5 ft. x 18 in.; Base: approx. 12 1/2 x 73 x 24 in.
Inscription:
(On front of granite memorial:) THIS MONUMENT ERECTED IN COMMEMORATION/OF THE AMERICAN BICENTENNIAL IS DEDICATED/TO THE COAL MINER OF GREATER PITTSTON/IN APPRECIATION FOR HIS UNSELFISH SACRIFICE/OF LABOR BENEATH THE EARTH FOR THE PROMISE/OF A BETTER FUTURE FOR GENERATIONS TO FOLLOW/WE OWE HIM MUCH/PITTSTON BICENTENNIAL COMMITTEE (list of committee members) unsigned
Description:
Rectangular granite marker with image of a coal miner emerging from the front of the stone. He is dressed in work clothes, with miner's hat on. He holds a lunch pail at his side in his proper left hand.
Subject:
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Industry -- Mining
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Pittston
Sculpture
Owner:
Veteran Memorial Park, Main Street, Pittston, Pennsylvania
Remarks:
The sculpture is a memorial to all anthracite miners in Wyoming Valley and was the idea of Mrs. Maria Capolarella, chairman of the Pittston Bicentennial Committee. IAS files contain newspaper clipping from Wyoming Valley Today, April 12, 1976, which shows preliminary sketch of the statue.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1994.
Illustration:
Image on file.
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 PA001742
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Inventory of American Sculpture
PA001742
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