Artwork Details
Artist
Creation Date
Materials
Object Types
Dimensions
21-1/2 x 28-3/4 in. (canvas) 28-1/2 x 36 in. (framed)
Accession Number
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. B. Gerald Cantor
Copyright
Collection
European Painting and Sculpture 1800-1945
Color Palette
Provenance
Sale at (Palais Galliera, Paris), in 1971;{1} B. Gerald Cantor, Beverly Hills, in 1971; Given to the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana, now the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, in 1971 (71.204.2). ------- {1} See Palais Galliera, Paris, Importants tableaux modernes, 25 May 1971, lot no. 44, and Denise Bazetoux, Maximilien Luce: Catalogue de l’ouevre peint, 1986, volume 2, no 1071.
Gallery Labels
Luce's approach to this canvas, painted nearly a decade after La Rue Mouffetard, offers a more relaxed pointillist touch and a more intense social commentary. His sensitivity to labor issues is reflected in this scene of the Black Country of southern Belgium, an important mining and iron production center. The position of the workers, small and anonymous in the landscape, is dramatized by the silhouette of a woman straining to push a coal cart at the edge of the slag heap.
Luce's earlier commitment to the tight dots of pointillism and strict divisionist color theory is replaced here by freer brushwork and a more intuitive handling of color.
Exhibition History
Exhibition Name
Venue
Dates
Chengdu Museum
September 28, 2020 - January 4, 2021
Rembrandt to Monet: 500 Years of European Painting from the Clowes Collection and the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields
Chengdu Museum
September 29, 2020 - January 4, 2021
Rembrandt to Monet: 500 Years of European Painting from the Clowes Collection and the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields
Hunan Provincial Museum
May 29, 2020 - September 13, 2020
Hunan Provincial Museum
May 29, 2020 - September 13, 2020
Rembrandt to Monet: 500 Years of European Painting from the Clowes Collection and the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields
Guandong Museum
January 10, 2020 - May 17, 2020
Guandong Museum
January 10, 2020 - May 17, 2020
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