Industrial Hazard, Steel Worker

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Lewis Wickes Hine

Title

Industrial Hazard, Steel Worker

Place

United States (Artist's nationality)

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Made 1910–1920

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Inscriptions

Unmarked recto; inscribed and stamped verso, upper center, in graphite, black and blue ink: "151 Wreckage [inscribed in graphite] / An "industrial hazard" Steel worker [inscribed in black ink] / Lewis W. Hine / Interpretive Photography / HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON / NEW YORK [stamped in blue ink]"; inscribed verso, center, in graphite: "PALLAS-5 OF 10"; verso, lower center, in graphite: "2 [encircled]"; verso, lower right, in graphite: "P75-5; 2.125"

Dimensions

Image: 24.5 × 19.4 cm (9 11/16 × 7 11/16 in.); Paper: 25.3 × 20.3 cm (10 × 8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Alan E. Koppel

Reference Number

1981.1817

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