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Series TitleEmpire State Building Series
Artist Lewis W. Hine (American, 1874 - 1940)
Dateca. 1931
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 3 11/16 × 4 3/4 inches (9.37 × 12.07 cm)
Sheet: 4 × 5 inches (10.16 × 12.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.1463
SignedArtist's stamp on sheet verso, top, upside down, in black ink: "LEWIS W. HINE / HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON, N.Y."
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn sheet verso, left edge, in pencil: "72.159.1485"; On sheet verso, lower right, in pencil: "604" / "54" [circled].
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DescriptionImage of worker seated at corner of metal scaffolding overlooking New York City.Provenance
Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1973;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
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