Mona Lisa visits Ellis Island
Lewis Wickes Hine, American, 1874 - 1940
negative 1905; print about 1930
Gelatin silver print
Image: 13 7/16 × 9 3/8 in. (34.1 × 23.8 cm)
Sheet: 14 × 11 in. (35.5 × 27.9 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Sondra and Charles Gilman Jr. Foundation Fund, the Elizabeth and David C. Lowenstein '67 Fund, the Fund for Contemporary Photography, and the Julia L. Whittier Fund
2019.7
Geography
Place Imaged: New York, United States, North America
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Photograph
Research Area
Photograph
Not on view
Inscriptions
Numbered, in graphite, on reverse, lower left: 10 [circled]
Course History
COLT 10.21, Coming to America, Gerd Gemunden, Spring 2019
HIST 2, #EverythingHasAHistory, Matthew Delmont and Max Fraser - OPEN HOURS, Fall 2019
HIST 2, #EverythingHasAHistory, Matthew Delmont and Max Fraser 2, Fall 2019
HIST 2, #EverythingHasAHistory, Matthew Delmont and Max Fraser, Fall 2019
ARTH 48.02, History of Photography, Katie Hornstein, Winter 2020
ARTH 48.02, History of Photography, Katie Hornstein, Winter 2020
ARTH 48.02, History of Photography, Katie Hornstein, Winter 2020
Exhibition History
Works on Paper: Studies in Contrast, Teaching Exhibition, Art History 2, Class of 1967 Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, January 14-April 9, 2023.
Provenance
Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York, New York, date unknown; sold to a private collector, Chicago, 1981; with Janet Sirmon Fine Art, Los Angeles, California; sold to present collection, 2019.
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