197
Lewis Hine
Climbing into America, Ellis Island, New York
- Estimate
- $40,000 - 60,000
$40,000
Lot Details
Gelatin silver print, printed late 1930s.
1905
13 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. (34.3 x 26.7 cm)
Signed, titled, dated, extensively annotated in ink, pencil by the artist, titled, annotated in an unidentified hand in ink and 'Hastings-on-Hudson New York' credit stamp, all on the reverse of the double mount; collection label on the reverse of the backing board.
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
"Climbing into America. With 1905 equipment, it was not possible (for this photographer at least) to show the herding and mechanization of the final once-over these future citizens received on the 'assembly line' made necessary by the fact that so many thousands were admitted daily."
Provenance
Literature