About the Artwork
Auto Mechanic
early 20th century
Lewis Wickes Hine
1874-1940
American
Unknown
Gelatin silver print
Image: 4 3/4 × 6 5/8 inches (12.1 × 16.8 cm) Sheet: 5 × 7 inches (12.7 × 17.8 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Founders Society Purchase, Elizabeth P. Kirby Fund
F78.10
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Inscribed, in pencil, on verso, upper left corner: 1A3 Inscribed, in pencil, on verso, center: Auto mechanic | (Also in "Close Ups, labor") | [erased text, illegible].
Stamped, in black ink, on verso, upper center: LEWIS W. HINE | INTERPRETIVE PHOTOGRAPHY | HASTINGS - ON - HUDSON, NEW YORK.
Provenance
(Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York, New York, USA)
1978-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Lewis Wickes Hine, Auto Mechanic, early 20th century, gelatin silver print. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Elizabeth P. Kirby Fund, F78.10.
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