Art, literature & historyPennsylvania Coal Town
1920s
- Dating
- Within this decade
- Held at
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Medium
- watercolor and gouache over graphite
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 35.5 x 50.7 cm (14 x 19 15/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1972.232
- Attribution
- By the artist
Collection: The Cleveland Museum of Art
About this artwork
Pennsylvania Coal Town — George Luks. 1920s.
Medium: watercolor and gouache over graphite. Dimensions: Sheet: 35.5 x 50.7 cm (14 x 19 15/16 in.).
Collection record: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
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).
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.