Oct 18, 2018 - Sale 2489

Sale 2489 - Lot 51

Price Realized: $ 2,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
LEWIS W. HINE (1874-1940)
Homework on artificial flowers. Silver print, the image measuring 4 3/4x6 1/4 inches (12.1x15.5 cm.), the sheet slightly larger, the mount 7 1/2x9 1/2 inches (19.1x24.1 cm.), with a typed caption label with Hine's credit and the date, and a numeric notation, in grease pencil, on mount recto, and with Hine's Interpretive Photography Hastings-on-Hudson hand stamp and various notations, in pencil and in ink, on mount verso. 1912

Additional Details

The full caption reads: "Homework on artificial flowers. The 3 year old at left was actually helping put petals together. She often works until 8 P.M. (when photo was taken). New York City. By Lewis Hine -- 1912."