Bootleg Coal Mine, Shenandoah, PA
Artist
Louis Ribak
(American, born Lithuania, 1903 - 1979)
Date1936-1944
Place DepictedShenandoah, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Mediumtempera on paper
DimensionsImage: 21 × 14 1/4 in. (53.3 × 36.2 cm)
Frame: 32 1/2 × 25 × 13/16 in. (82.6 × 63.5 × 2.1 cm)
Frame: 32 1/2 × 25 × 13/16 in. (82.6 × 63.5 × 2.1 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineGift in honor of Dr. Ralph and Mary H. Jones, 2024
Object number2024.12.1
DescriptionTwo miners load material into a mine chute on the side of a hill.eMuseum Notes
A mine chute is perched atop a hill with a road leading to it. At the top of the chute are two figures. Below the chute is what appears to be lumber, mining equipment and vehicles, and shadows of other figures.
On View
Not on viewTerms
- mining
- coal
