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Pennsylvania Coal Town

1920s
(American, 1866–1933)
America, 20th century
watercolor and gouache over graphite
Support: Cream(3) wove paper
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Sheet: 35.5 x 50.7 cm (14 x 19 15/16 in.)
Bequest of Lucia McCurdy McBride 1972.232
Location: not on view
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Luks is best remembered as a member of the Ashcan School of social realists, but in the 1920s he produced a striking group of watercolors whose rich coloring recalls the work of European artists such as Henri Matisse (1869-1954) and André Derain (1880-1954).
Pennsylvania Coal Town

Pennsylvania Coal Town

1920s

George Luks

(American, 1866–1933)
America, 20th century

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