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Lewis W. Hine

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WA-00113471

Photography

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18

Institutional Exhibitions

13

Works in Collection

13

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Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Self Portrait: The Photographer's Persona, 1840�1985

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1985–1986

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Reinstallation of the Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1980

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Edward Steichen Photography Center Reinstallation

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1979

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The Artist as Adversary

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1971

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Portrait Photographs

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1969

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Steichen Gallery Reinstallation

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1967

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Edward Steichen Photography Center

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1964

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50 Photographs by 50 Photographers

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1962

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30th Anniversary Special Installation - Towards the "New" Museum

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1959

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Photographs from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1958–1959

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70 Photographers Look at New York

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1957–1958

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Then and Now

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1952

Source Registry (1)

Smithsonianhttps://www.si.edu/object/saam_1994.91.81
Tier 1 · Institutional90%

About

Why this artist matters now

Lewis Wickes Hine was an American sociologist and muckraker photographer. His photographs taken during times such as the Progressive Era and the Great Depression captured young children working in harsh conditions, playing a role in bringing about the passage of the first child labor laws in the United States.

Source: Smithsonian Institution · Trust score: 90% · Updated 1mo ago

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Artworks (13)

Icarus, Empire State Building

1930 · Gelatin silver print

9.1 x 11.5 cm (3 9/16 x 4 1/2 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Morning Attendance at the Mill School, Huntsville, Alabama

1913 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 4 7/16 × 6 7/16 in. (11.3 × 16.4 cm) Sheet: 4 15/16 × 6 15/16 in. (12.5 × 17.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Dannie Mercurio, 150 Schottes Alley, Washington D.C.

Dannie Mercurio, 150 Schottes Alley, Washington D.C.

1912 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 17.1 × 12 cm (6 3/4 × 4 3/4 in.); Paper: 17.6 × 12.6 cm (6 15/16 × 5 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

11:00 A.M. Monday, May 9th, 1910. Newsies at Skeeter's Branch, Jefferson near Franklin. They were all smoking. Location: St. Louis, Missouri.

1910 · Gelatin silver print

9.1 x 11.9 cm (3 9/16 x 4 11/16 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Addie Card, 12 years. Spinner in North Pownal Cotton Mill. Girls in mill say she is ten years. She admitted to me she was twelve; that she started during school vacation and now would "stay". Location: Vermont

1910 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 24.4 x 19.3 cm (9 5/8 x 7 5/8 in.) Sheet: 25.4 x 20.4 cm (10 x 8 1/16 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Italian Family, Chicago

Italian Family, Chicago

1910 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 11.6 × 17 cm (4 5/8 × 6 3/4 in.); Paper: 12.7 × 17.8 cm (5 × 7 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago Slums

1910 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 11.7 × 16.4 cm (4 5/8 × 6 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Playground in a Mill Village (Playground in a Tenement Alley), Boston

Playground in a Mill Village (Playground in a Tenement Alley), Boston

1909 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 12.3 × 17.2 cm (4 7/8 × 6 13/16 in.); Paper: 12.7 × 17.8 cm (5 × 7 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Slovak Steel Worker in the Pittsburgh Region Relaxes after Supper

Slovak Steel Worker in the Pittsburgh Region Relaxes after Supper

1909 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 17.5 × 12.6 cm (6 15/16 × 5 in.); Paper: 17.7 × 12.6 cm (7 × 5 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sadie Pfeifer, a Cotton Mill Spinner, Lancaster, South Carolina

Sadie Pfeifer, a Cotton Mill Spinner, Lancaster, South Carolina

1908 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 11.6 × 15.3 cm (4 5/8 × 6 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Ivey Mill, Hickory, N.C. Little one, 3 years old, who visits and plays in the mill. Daughter of the overseer.

1908 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 11.7 x 16.9 cm (4 5/8 x 6 5/8 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Italian Family Seeking Lost Luggage, Ellis Island

1905 · Gelatin silver print

19 13/16 x 15 7/8

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Untitled

1905 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 11.7 × 16.9 cm (4 5/8 × 6 11/16 in.); Paper: 12.7 × 17.7 cm (5 × 7 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artwork sources (2)

13 published of 13 catalogued · 7 with image

Art Institute Chicago
7 published7 img
The Met
6 published