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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1979.78
People
Lewis Wickes Hine, American (Oshkosh, Wisconsin 1874 - 1940 Hastings-on-Hudson, New York)
Title
Construction--Empire State Building
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1930-1931, printed later
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, New York, New York City
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/285443

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
actual: 27 x 34 cm (10 5/8 x 13 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Hine
  • inscription: signature and stamp on verso

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Naomi and Walter Rosemblum, gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1979.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Naomi and Walter Rosemblum
Accession Year
1979
Object Number
P1979.78
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • The Construction of the World - Art and the Economy, Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim, 10/11/2018 - 02/03/2019

Verification Level

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