Soldier Thrown in Air, 1917

Not on View

Medium

gelatin silver print

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.)

Credit Line

Patrons' Permanent Fund

Accession Number

1995.36.90

Artists / Makers

Lewis Hine (artist) American, 1874 - 1940

Image Use

This image is in the public domain.
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Inscription

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

Provenance

David and Mary Robinson, Sausalito, CA; NGA purchase, 1995.

Associated Names

Fraenkel Gallery
Robinson, Mrs. C. David

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.