Placing the Derrick High Up On the Empire State Building
Artist
Lewis W. Hine
(American, 1874 - 1940)
Dateca. 1931
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 3 11/16 × 4 11/16 inches (9.37 × 11.91 cm)
Sheet: 4 × 4 15/16 inches (10.16 × 12.54 cm)
Sheet: 4 × 4 15/16 inches (10.16 × 12.54 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.1466
SignedArtist's stamp on sheet verso, top, in black ink: "LEWIS W. HINE / HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON, N.Y."
InscribedOn sheet verso, top, in pencil: "Placing the derrick / high up on the Empire State"
MarkingsOn sheet verso, upper left corner, in pencil: "53" [circled] / "1E"
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Terms
Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1973;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
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