Miner Joe

Elizabeth Olds American

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Like many socially conscious artists of the period, Elizabeth Olds created images that celebrated ordinary laborers. Here, a miner is depicted from the chest up, with his head tilted slightly upward against a bare background. While the title of the print evokes a commoner or average person, Olds’s focused treatment of her subject imbues him with an air of valor.

Miner Joe, Elizabeth Olds (American, Minneapolis, Minnesota 1896–1991 Sarasota, Florida), Screenprint

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