Coeburn, Virginia

Series TitleAmerican Prospects

Artist Joel Sternfeld (American, born 1944)

DateApril 1981; printed 1985

MediumDye transfer print

DimensionsImage: 15 × 19 inches (38.1 × 48.26 cm)
Sheet: 16 × 19 15/16 inches (40.64 × 50.64 cm)

Credit LineGift of Peggy and William Lyons

Object number2022.25.6

SignedSigned on sheet verso, lower right, in black pen.

InscribedOn sheet verso, bototm, in black pen: "Dye Transfer Prints", " Coeburn, Virginia, April 1981", "N - April 1981 / P - 1985", "12,30,10".

MarkingsOn sheet verso, lower left, in orange pencil: "9 / 1/4 DARKER / 4 PRINTS"

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DescriptionImage of rail cars filled with coal winding to the right and disappearing. On the left are homes scattered among the hillside with evergreens and purple-hued trees.Provenance

Provenance

Joel Sternfeld, New York;
Purchsed by Robert Mann Gallery, New York;
Purchased from Robert Mann Gallery by William Lyons and Peggy Lyons, Mission Hills, KS, 2018;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2022.

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