Sujet

Piece of pyrite from the workshop of C. Edgar Patience, n.d. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Charles Edgar Patience (1906-1972), was an African American anthracite coal sculptor who raised the form to high art, exhibiting works at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Even though he had never been a miner, the coal dust he had been inhaling throughout his sixty-five years living and working in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, northeastern Pennsylvania, damaged his lungs, and he died from the curse of miners, black lung disease. This irregularly shaped unused piece of pyrite was found in Patience's workshop.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM21A73_226

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

58,3Mo (1,8Mo) / 36,0cm x 40,6cm / 4249 x 4793 (300dpi)

Mots clés

people black arts country metal science sculpture geology art geological museum color fuel craftsmanship location century mineral iron pyrite concept coal African American African-American afro-american Sixties United States of America Colour 1960s 20th century heritage American America USA object united states Unknown fools gold iron pyrite cultural heritage Black History Heritage Art anthracite National Museum of African American History and Culture NMAAHC Heritage Art Charles Edgar Patience Patience C. E. Charles Edgar C. Edgar Patience C. Edgar C. E. Patience sculpture components