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Climbing up the Beams on the Empire State-100 Stories Up

A work made of gelatin silver print.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of gelatin silver print.

Date:

1931

Artist:

Lewis Wickes Hine
American, 1874–1940

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Lewis Wickes Hine

Title

Climbing up the Beams on the Empire State-100 Stories Up

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1931

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Inscriptions

Signed recto, on image, lower right, in white: "HINE"; verso unchecked

Dimensions

Image/paper: 49.1 × 39.7 cm (19 3/8 × 15 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

The Mary and Leigh Block Endowment Fund

Reference Number

1987.222

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