Slovak Steel Worker in the Pittsburgh Region Relaxes after Supper

Photography and Media

1909

Lewis Wickes Hine
American, 1874–1940

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Photography and Media

Artist: Lewis Wickes Hine
Title: Slovak Steel Worker in the Pittsburgh Region Relaxes after Supper
Place: United States (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 1909
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Inscriptions: Unmarked recto; stamped and inscribed verso, across upper half, in blue ink and graphite: "LEWIS W. HINE / INTERPRETIVE PHOTOGRAPHY / HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON, NEW YORK [stamped in blue ink] / Slovak Steel-worker / in the Pittsburgh region / relaxes after supper / 1909 / (Also in "Recreation") [inscribed in graphite]"; inscribed verso, lower right, in graphite: "219 / 13 [erased]"
Dimensions: Image: 17.5 × 12.6 cm (6 15/16 × 5 in.); Paper: 17.7 × 12.6 cm (7 × 5 in.)
Credit Line: Acquired through exchange with George Eastman House
Reference Number: 1959.852
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