Art, literature & historyCoal—The Towering Breaker
1908
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Etching with drypoint on cream laid paper
- Dimensions
- Plate: 20.4 × 28.1 cm (8 1/16 × 11 1/8 in.); Sheet: 23.1 × 33.3 cm (9 1/8 × 13 1/8 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1910.374
- Attribution
- By the artist
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
Coal—The Towering Breaker — Joseph Pennell. 1908.
Medium: Etching with drypoint on cream laid paper. Dimensions: Plate: 20.4 × 28.1 cm (8 1/16 × 11 1/8 in.); Sheet: 23.1 × 33.3 cm (9 1/8 × 13 1/8 in.).
Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
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.