105 of 163 lots
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Lewis Hine, etc Gelatin Silver Prints, 12
Estimate:
$800 - $1,200
Sold
$950
Live Auction
Flash! Photography Auction N.Y.C., October 23
Description
Lewis Hine (American, 1874-1940), 12 Gelatin Silver Prints, printed later, each stamped "George Eastman House, Inc, Photograph" to verso, including: "Mill Worker", 1909, inscribed "On a Southern Cotton Mill, 1909" in pencil to verso, "10 Year Old Cotton Spinner", 1909, dated and inscribed "Ten year old spinner in a North Carolina Cotton mill" to verso, "Congestion, Orchard Street, New York," circa 1910, titled and inscribed in pencil to verso, and "Fresh Air for the Baby, East Side, N.Y.", stamped #2525 to verso, along with Jacob A. Riis (Danish/American, 1849-1914), "The Mott Street Boys (Keep Off the Grass)", Gelatin Silver Print, 1890, printed later, with artist's stamp to verso. Each image: 7.5" H x 9.5" W; sheet: 8" H x 10" W. Provenance: From the Estate of Charles Harbutt and Joan Lifton. Keywords: Photography, Photographer, Black and white photography, Photojournalism, Photo journalist, Figural, Figurative, History, American History, Documentary, Tenement, Slum, Immigrants, NYC, Americana, Monochromatic