David Byrd • Catalogue Raisonné

Catalogue entry

P49

Making Bed In Coal Country

2002

Oil on canvas

20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 61 cm)

Signed and dated upper left pencil: BYRD

Coal Miner's wife, I prefer this to be in museum. —DB

Private collection

Provenance

David Byrd Estate

Greg Kucera Gallery

Private collection

Exhibitions

2013 Greg Kucera Gallery

Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, David Byrd Introduction: A Life of Observation, April 4–May 18, 2013.

2013 Martin-Mullen Gallery

Martin-Mullen Gallery, State University of New York, Oneonta, New York, David Byrd: Seeing What is There, November 11–December 20, 2013, ill. in color, n.p.

2015 ADAA The Art Show

Art Dealers Association of America with Greg Kucera Gallery, New York, March 4–8, 2015.

Literature

Martin-Mullen Gallery Brochure 2013

David Byrd: Seeing What is There. Sketches, Paintings, Sculpture. Oneonta, NY: Martin Mullen Art Gallery, State University of NY at Oneonta, 2013. Exhibition brochure.

Graves 2013b

Graves, Jen. "A Vast Empathy: One Man's Life's Work, Uncovered." The Stranger (Seattle, WA), April 3, 2013.

Samels 2013b

Samels, Zoë. In David Byrd: Seeing What is There. Sketches, Paintings, Sculpture. Oneonta, NY: Martin Mullen Art Gallery, State University of NY at Oneonta, 2013. Exhibition brochure.

Cozzolino 2024

Cozzolino, Robert. "The Limits of Empathy." In David Byrd Catalogue Raisonné, by Jody Isaacson and Jessica Farrell. Sidney Center, NY: David Byrd Estate, 2024, fig. 21.

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Record last updated July 15, 2024. Please note the catalogue is an evolving project and continually updated with new information that best reflects David Byrd's legacy.

Citation: Isaacson, Jody and Jessica Farrell. "Making Bed In Coal Country, 2002 (P49)." In David Byrd Catalogue Raisonné. Sidney Center, NY: David Byrd Estate. www.davidbyrdcatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=47 (accessed on September 29, 2026).