The Wrestlers Learn a Special Hold, Y.M.C.A., New Haven
Artist
Lewis W. Hine
(American, 1874 - 1940)
Dateca. 1934-1935
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 4 5/8 × 6 5/8 inches (11.75 × 16.83 cm)
Sheet: 5 × 7 inches (12.7 × 17.78 cm)
Sheet: 5 × 7 inches (12.7 × 17.78 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.1475
SignedArtist's stamp on sheet verso, top, in black ink: "LEWIS W. HINE / INTERPRETIVE PHOTOGRAPHY / HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON, NEW YORK"
InscribedOn sheet verso, top, in pencil: "the wrestlers learn / a special hold. / y.m.c.a. - New Haven"
MarkingsOn sheet verso, lower right, black stamp: "DUPLICATE";
On sheet verso, lower right, in pencil: "D", "522", "23-44-80", "72:159:2844B' [crossed out in pencil].
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionImage of two shirtless young men wrestling; one is on his back pinned to the ground by the other. An older man wearing a tank top leans over and places a hand on each man.ProvenanceHallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1980;
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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