Lewis W. Hine
Derrick-Man

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Artist Lewis W. Hine (American, 1874–1940)American, 1874–1940

CultureAmerican

Titles

Derrick-Man
from the series Empire State Building

Date1930

PlaceNew York, New York, United States

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 9 9/16 × 7 9/16 in. (24.3 × 19.2 cm)
Sheet: 9 15/16 × 8 in. (25.2 × 20.3 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Mundy Companies, by exchange

Object number2001.167

Non exposé

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Department

Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

Provenance[Lee Gallery, Winchester, Massachusetts]; purchased by MFAH, 2001.
Exhibition History"New York: Yesterday and Tomorrow," Shell and the American Landscape Museum, Houston, May 8–September 12, 2002.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

verso top in pencil " Derrick-man on skyscraper " " Labor and the new Leisure "
upper right illegible notations and circular pencil marks, " 2 5/8x4 3/4 ",in orange pencil " $ 10- ", a penciled arrow pointing to "Derrick-man " notation

Stamps on verso top: "POSTED/SEP 301933/EDITORIAL AUDITING DEPT.", "LEWIS W. HINE/INTERPRETIVE PHOTOGRAPHY/HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON/NEW YORK"," SEP 24 1933", "AUG 28 1938 "[upside down]," 2129 "
verso lower right a stamp" 4296 "[within a penciled box]

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