About the Artwork
Coal Breaker
ca. between 1938 and 1939
Charles Ernest Pont
1898-1971
American
Unknown
Wood engraving printed in color ink on wove paper
Image: 6 × 8 inches (15.2 × 20.3 cm) Sheet: 9 3/8 × 11 1/4 inches (23.8 × 28.6 cm)
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Gift of the Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project
43.328
All works created under the Federal Art Project (FAP) are in the public domain.
Markings
Signed, in pencil, lower right: Charles E Pont
Inscribed, in pencil, lower center: Coal Breaker Inscribed, lower right corner: 16
Stamped, lower left corner: FEDERAL ART PROJECT | NYC WPA Watermark: BASINGWERK PARCHMENT
Provenance
Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project
1943-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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All works created under the Federal Art Project (FAP) are in the public domain.
Charles Ernest Pont, Coal Breaker, ca. between 1938 and 1939, wood engraving printed in color ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project, 43.328.
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