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Steel Workers on Empire State Building, Italian and Slavic
Steel Workers on Empire State Building, Italian and Slavic

Steel Workers on Empire State Building, Italian and Slavic

Artist Lewis W. Hine (American, 1874 - 1940)
Dateca. 1931
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 3 7/8 × 4 3/4 inches (9.84 × 12.07 cm)
Sheet: 4 × 5 inches (10.16 × 12.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.1462
SignedArtist's stamp on sheet verso, top, upside down, in black ink: "LEWIS W. HINE / HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON, N.Y."
InscribedOn sheet verso, top, in pencil: "Steel Workers on Empire State / Italian & Slavic"
MarkingsOn sheet verso, upper left, iin pencil: "72 / 159.1425"; On sheet verso, center, in pencil: "8" [circled]; On sheet verso, lower right, in pencil: "582" / "52" [circled]; On sheet verso, left edge, in pencil: "GEH 12898".
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DescriptionImage of steel workers working high up on beam overlooking New York City. The Chrysler Buidling is visible in the center of the frame.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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2005.27.1481
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2005.27.1443
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2005.27.1463
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2005.27.1477
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2005.27.1459