Artist: Lewis Hine (American, 1874-1940).
Title: "Riding the "Ball," High Up on the Empire State Building".
Medium: Silver gelatin print.
Date: Composed c1930. Printed 1975.
Dimensions: Overall size: 10 x 8 in. (254 x 203 mm).
Lot Note(s): Stamped, verso. Edition of 50. Kodak Ektalure double weight paper. Very wide margins. Printed from the original glass plate. Fine condition; original archival mat as issued. Provenance: Private collector, Rochester, New York. Comment(s): A gelatin silver vintage print of this image sold for $12,500 at Sotheby’s, New York, October 7, 2015, lot #66. Published by Light Impressions Corporation, Rochester, N.Y., their stamp verso. The glass plate from the collection of the International Museum of Photography at the George Eastman House. Lewis Wickes Hine was an American sociologist and photographer who used his camera as a tool for social reform. His photographs were instrumental in changing child labor laws in the United States. [27485-3-1600]

Fine condition; original archival mat as issued