Albanian Woman with Folded Head Cloth, Ellis Island
Artist
Lewis W. Hine
(American, 1874 - 1940)
Date1905; printed ca. 1975
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 7/8 × 4 13/16 inches (17.46 × 12.22 cm)
Sheet: 7 × 5 inches (17.78 × 12.7 cm)
Sheet: 7 × 5 inches (17.78 × 12.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.396
Signednone
Inscribednone
MarkingsNumbered on sheet recto, upper left, in negative;
Stamp on sheet verso, center, in black ink: "DUPLICATE";
On sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: "D" , "23-48-80".
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Not on viewCollections
DescriptionImage of a young woman with a folded garment draped over her head; she looks directly at the viewer with a neutral expression.Exhibition HistoryNew Acquisitions to the Hallmark Photographic Collection 1980-1983. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, April 1 - May 1, 1983.
Rotation 1. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, June 17 – October 25, 2007, no cat.
Rotation 10. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, March 19 – September 11, 2011, no cat.
This dignified portrait of a young Albanian woman in native attire conveys the deep respect Lewis Hine paid to his subjects. Beginning in 1904, Hine produced an important series of pictures at Ellis Island, a project spurred by then-current political debates over immigration. His records of these new arrivals unite the aims of the ethnographic image and the formal studio portrait.
Hallmark 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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Lewis W. Hine
ca. 1908-1912
2005.27.1438
