Coal Mine - West Virginia

c. 1936 · Print

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Not on view at present

Where is “Coal Mine - West Virginia” now? Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Not on view at present. Checked September 29, 2026.

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.

Checked: 12 days ago
In this state since: Aug 19, 2026
Source: The museum

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Details

Accession number: 2008.115.3967

What it shows

Occupations Mining Figures

In the catalog

Prints Lithograph Modernism 20th century American

Sources

National Gallery of Art
Image: National Gallery of Art — © the artist or rights holder

In the life of Jackson Pollock

The whole life

1934
Settles in New York
After travelling widely across the United States in the 1930s, Pollock settled in New York in 1934.
1936
Siqueiros's workshop and liquid paint
In 1936, at an experimental workshop run in New York City by the Mexican muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros, Pollock was introduced to liquid paint. Later, asked how the drip technique came about, he disavowed any link with Siqueiros on several occasions.
summer 1936
Summer at Dartmouth: Orozco's mural
In the summer of 1936 Pollock went to Dartmouth College to study José Clemente Orozco's 3,200-square-foot mural “The Epic of American Civilization”.
1938–1942
Jungian psychotherapy
From 1938 to 1941 Pollock underwent Jungian psychotherapy with Dr. Joseph L. Henderson, and from 1941 to 1942 with Dr. Violet Staub de Laszlo. Henderson engaged him through his art by encouraging him to draw, and Jungian concepts and archetypes found expression in his paintings.
1938–1942
Works for the WPA Federal Art Project
From 1938 to 1942 Pollock worked for the WPA Federal Art Project. During these years he was trying to deal with his long-established alcoholism.