John Pento, 14 years old, Daniel and Angelo Pento, 7 years old, selling newspapers, Hartford, Connecticut, March 1909

Not on View

Medium

gelatin silver print

Dimensions

sheet/image: 11.9 × 16.8 cm (4 11/16 × 6 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Gift of Harry H. Lunn, Jr., through Graphics International Ltd.)

Accession Number

2015.19.4165

Artists / Makers

Lewis Hine (artist) American, 1874 - 1940

Image Use

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Inscription

on verso, by unknown hand, along right edge in graphite: 599; bottom right corner inverted in graphite: 599.

Provenance

Lewis Hine, New York; National Child Labor Committee, New York; Lunn Gallery/Graphics International Ltd., Washington, DC; Harry H. Lunn, Jr., Washington, DC; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1977; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Corcoran Gallery of Art
Graphics International

Exhibition History

1977: Recent Acquisitions in Photography, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, December 20, 1977 – January 29, 1978

1980: The Common Touch: Works on Paper from 1900-1940, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, November 10, 1980 – January 18, 1981

1982: Acquisitions Since 1975, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, November 5, 1982 – January 16, 1983

2003: Both Sides of the Street: Celebrating the Corcoran's Photography Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, April 12 – August 25, 2003

2008: The American Evolution: A History Through Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, March 1 – July 27, 2008