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Working Hands, Bath, Maine

© Lavine Family Trust

Working Hands, Bath, Maine
Working Hands, Bath, Maine
ArtistAmerican, 1922–2016
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Working Hands, Bath, Maine
DateMay 1947, printed later
Place depictedBath, Maine, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 13 7/16 × 5 15/16 in. (34.2 × 15.1 cm)
Sheet: 13 7/8 × 6 3/8 in. (35.2 × 16.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Mundy Companies
Object number93.78
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 1993.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscription: Inscribed in pencil on verso, center: "10-J-76/ Photographing of working hands/ used in ''The Family of Man' exhibit and book (p. 75)/ Taken in Bath, Maine - May, 1947", lower left corner: "AL-039". Stamped in black ink on verso, center: "PLEASE CREDIT/ PHOTOGRAPH BY/ ARTHUR LAVINE/ 1361 MADISON AVENUE/ NEW YORK, N.Y. 10028"
Signed in pencil on verso, center: "Arthur Lavine"

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