The Coal Mine

Date

(1989)

Artist

Thornton Dial, Sr., American, b. Emelle, Alabama, 1928–2016

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. Ronald K. Shelp, New York, to 23 December 1993

Gift of Ron and June Shelp, 1993

Exhibition History

HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "The Hirshhorn Collects: Recent Acquisitions 1992-1996," 4 June-7 September 1997, no. 39, color ill. p. 31.

Published References

AQUIN, STEPHANE, et al. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: The Collection (New York: DelMonico Books, 2022), pl. 293, p. 318.

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School

Outsider Art

Credit Line

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Ron and June Shelp, 1993

Data Source

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

Accession Number

93.29

Type

Painting

Medium

Oil on canvas mounted on plywood

Dimensions

67 7/8 × 71 7/8 in. (172.4 × 182.8 cm)