Lewis W. Hine
Derrick-Man

ArtistAmerican, 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
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
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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