Slate Mine, PA

Artist Louis Ribak (American, born Lithuania, 1903 - 1979)

Date1936-1941

Place DepictedPennsylvania, United States of America

Mediumtempera on paper

ClassificationsPainting

Credit LineGift in honor of Dr. Ralph and Mary H. Jones, 2024

Object number2024.12.6

DescriptionMultiple laborers move raw material up a hill using a cart on wheels.
eMuseum Notes

Emuseum Notes

In the foreground, three miners work to push a cart full of slate up a hill. The track the cart sits on curves around the painting and up the hill. To the left in the middle of the composition, two red barns or buildings indicate storage for the worksite. A pole for electric cables juts into the sky.

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