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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2.2002.1582
People
Marion Post Wolcott, American (Montclair, New Jersey 1910 - 1990 Santa Barbara, California)
Title
Coal Miner's Daughter Carrying Home a Can of Kerosene, Scotts Run, West Virginia
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1938, printed later
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, West Virginia
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/157381

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 22.3 x 30.5 cm (8 3/4 x 12 in.)
sheet: 27.7 x 35.3 cm (10 7/8 x 13 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: verso, below center, in graphite: Marion Post Wolcott
  • inscription: verso, above center, in graphite: Coal Miner's Daughter Carrying Home a Can of Kerosene, Scotts Run, West Virginia 1938
    Archivally processed
    selenium toned
    30180M2

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Gift of Wolcott Community Management
Accession Year
2011
Object Number
2.2002.1582
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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