The Jaw

Artist Johan Hagemeyer (American, born Netherlands, 1884 - 1962)

Date1921

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage and sheet: 9 3/4 × 7 1/4 inches (24.77 × 18.42 cm)
Mount: 18 × 14 inches (45.72 × 35.56 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2010.58.3

SignedSigned on mount recto, lower right, in pencil: "Johan Hagemeyer 1921."

InscribedOn mount verso, bottom, in pencil: "3080"

MarkingsOn mount recto, lower left, in pencil: ""The Jaw"_"

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DescriptionImage depicts the scoop (the Jaw) of a steam shovel in background; semicircular industrial element in foreground. [Ghost image of another JH print on back]

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