Lewis Wickes Hine [1874-1940, Winsconsin, USA] - George Cross's Home Vintage Gelatin-silver Print
Auction Lot
FS29/467
Lewis Wickes Hine [1874-1940, Winsconsin, USA] - George Cross's Home Vintage Gelatin-silver Print (FS29/467) offered in our Two Day Fine Art Sale starting on 19th January 2016 at our salerooms in Exeter, Devon.
Lot Description
Lewis Wickes Hine [1874-1940, Winsconsin, USA] - George Cross's home vintage gelatin-silver print - 9 x 11.5cm.
Notes
This and five other gelatin-silver contact prints come from the glass negatives of the Survey of Child Labour Conditions in America, undertaken by Hine for the National Child Labor Committee between 1908 and 1917. The title in the Library of Congress Collection is given as 'George Cross's home and some of the family. Sanitation below the average. Arkwright, Settlement, Spartanberg, South Carolina.'.
Provenance
Their Provenance Is From Lunn Gallery Graphics International Ltd. See Lunn Gallery Catalogue 5, Washington 1976, Note To Item 115. These Prints Were Amongst The Duplicates Acquired By The Lunn Gallery From The George Eastman House Collection.
Department
Pictures
Sale Information
FS29: Two Day Fine Art Sale
Tuesday, 19th January 2016
Wednesday, 20th January 2016
Okehampton Street, Exeter
This lot will be sold after 10:00am on Wednesday, 20th January 2016 as part of the Oriental and European Ceramics and Glass section of the sale.
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