Soldier Thrown in Air
1917
Artist, American, American, 1874 - 1940
Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 19.2 x 24.1 cm (7 9/16 x 9 1/2 in.)
sheet: 20.2 x 25.3 cm (7 15/16 x 9 15/16 in.) -
Accession
1995.36.90
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Artwork history & notes
Provenance
David and Mary Robinson, Sausalito, CA; NGA purchase, 1995.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1986
19th Century Photographs from the Collection of Mary and David Robinson, Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1986.
1995
The First Century of Photography: New Acquisitions, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995.
2012
WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY: Images of Armed Conflict and its Aftermath, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston; The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, 2012 - 2014, unnumbered catalogue.
Bibliography
2012
WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY: Images of Armed Conflict and its Aftermath. Exh. cat., The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston; The Annenberg Space for Photography, Los Angeles; The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn. Houston: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; New Haven: Distributed by Yale University Press, 2012.
Inscriptions
center right verso stamped in black ink: LEWIS W. HINE / INTERPRETIVE PHOTOGRAPHY / HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON, NEW YORK; by later hand, center right verso in graphite: A28; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: 6
Wikidata ID
Q64157443