Tenement

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Lewis Wickes Hine

Title

Tenement

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1910

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Inscriptions

Unmarked recto; inscribed verso, upper left, in graphite: "118"; verso, upper center, in graphite and black pencil: "6 [inscribed in graphite] / -- 9 1/10" -- / A [encircled/inscribed in black pencil]"; verso, center, upside-down, in graphite: "[?]724053"; verso, right center, in graphite: "2 / [three parell lines]"; verso, lower center, in graphite: "5 [encircled]"; inscribed and stamped verso, lower right, in graphite and blue ink: "B116 [inscribed in graphite] PUBLICATION SUBJECT TO / WRITTEN PERMISSION OR INVOICE / HIRAM MYERS / 333 EAST 17th STREET, NEW YORK CITY [stamped in blue ink] / P75.5.2.127 [inscribed in graphite]"

Dimensions

Image/paper: 24.8 × 19.5 cm (9 13/16 × 7 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Alan E. Koppel

Reference Number

1982.1815

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