Object number1998.9.17

A Madonna of the Tenement

Date1904

Artist Lewis Wickes Hine (American, 1874-1940)

CultureAmerican

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsSight: 3 3/4 in. (9.53 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alverta Van Dusen Lewis, class of 1938, in memory of her husband C. McKenzie Lewis, Jr.

On View

Not on view

Period20th c

Classification(s)

Photograph

InscribedIscribed(Verso, ): 2MI at V.I. Inscribed(Verso, Stamp):Hastings-On-Hudson Inscribed(Verso,pencil): “A Madonna of the Tenement, 1904” Inscribed(Verso,pencil): (See note on first print) Inscribed(Verso,pencil): $80.00

BibliographyHistories of Photography (Poughkeepsie: FLLAC, 2003), p. 4 “Photographic Times” 40:8 (August, 1908), 227-232; Hine, Lewis “Some Uncollected Writings, reprinted from Early Publications” History pg Photography 16 (Summer 1992) p.100 rep.; Cover Art Journal XXXVI/ 2(Winter 76-77) rep.; Cover Survey 26 (July, 8) 1911

Vassar Exhibitions

Second Sight: Originality, Duplicity, and the Object

Exhibition HistoryPoughkeepsie, New York, FLLAC, Vassar College, "Histories of Photography," July 5 - September 21, 2003. (see below);

Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar College Poughkeepsie, NY SECOND SIGHT: Originality, Duplicity, and the Object January 14-April 10, 2005.
DescriptionAlso known as "Tenement Madonna" from Slums/Tenement series?
Matted alone.

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