Pier 24 Photography from the Pilara Family Foundation Sold to Benefit Charitable Organizations

Pier 24 Photography from the Pilara Family Foundation Sold to Benefit Charitable Organizations

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Lewis W. Hine

Italian Laborer, Ellis Island

No reserve

Lot Closed

December 18, 08:28 PM GMT

Estimate

6,000 - 9,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Lewis W. Hine

1874 - 1940


gelatin silver print, the Hine Photo Company's '27 Grant Ave. Lincoln Park Yonkers, N.Y.' stamp, with the print and set numbers in ink, on the reverse, 1905-12

image: 6⅝ by 4¾ in. (16.8 by 12.1 cm.)

Estate of Susan H. Clay

Swann, New York, 19 February 2015, Sale 2374, Lot 13

This work was originally in the collection of Susan H. Clay, who worked for the King Library Press at the University of Kentucky and mounted a show of Lewis Hine's photographs at the Skydome Gallery.