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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2.2002.803
People
Lewis Wickes Hine, American (Oshkosh, Wisconsin 1874 - 1940 Hastings-on-Hudson, New York)
Title
Untitled (Empire State Building under construction)
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
c. 1930-31, printed 1980s
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/158496

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 12.5 x 10 cm (4 15/16 x 3 15/16 in.)
sheet: 25.3 x 20.3 cm (9 15/16 x 8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, b.r. corner, in graphite: #325
  • inscription: verso, b.l. corner in graphite, rotated 180 degrees: 15272
  • inscription: verso, t.l. in graphite. Barbara Norfleet's handwriting.: 1933 Building the Empire State Building [line drawn through this] [over] New York City [over] Lewis Hine

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts
Accession Year
2011
Object Number
2.2002.803
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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