Harry Sternberg

Drilling
1936

A black and white lithograph depicting two miners working underground. The miner on the left is seated and holding a drill labeled "HERCULES," while the miner on the right is standing and operating a long drill into the rock face. Both wear headlamps, and there's a carbide lamp on the ground to the right. The scene is framed by dark, jagged rock formations, conveying a sense of depth and the cramped conditions of a mine shaft. The artwork is signed by the artist in the lower corners.
A black and white lithograph depicting two miners working underground. The miner on the left is seated and holding a drill labeled "HERCULES," while the miner on the right is standing and operating a long drill into the rock face. Both wear headlamps, and there's a carbide lamp on the ground to the right. The scene is framed by dark, jagged rock formations, conveying a sense of depth and the cramped conditions of a mine shaft. The artwork is signed by the artist in the lower corners.

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Date
1936

Classification
Prints

Medium
Lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 18 × 23 15/16in. (45.7 × 60.8 cm) Image: 15 1/8 × 21 7/16in. (38.4 × 54.5 cm)

Accession number
96.68.293

Series
Coal Series

Edition
Edition unknown

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from The Lauder Foundation, Leonard and Evelyn Lauder Fund

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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