Lot #1: LEWIS HINE - A Group of the Youngest Coal Breaker Boys in a Pennsylvania Coal Mine, South Pittston, Pennsylvania - Original photogravure

 

Artist: Lewis Hine (American, 1874-1940).
Title: "A Group of the Youngest Coal Breaker Boys in a Pennsylvania Coal Mine, South Pittston, Pennsylvania".
Medium: Original photogravure.
Date: Composed 1911. Printed later.
Dimensions: Overall size: 11 5/8 x 15 11/16 in. (295 x 398 mm). Image size: 9 1/2 x 11 3/4 in. (241 x 298 mm).
Lot Note(s): Stamped with the photographer's name, verso. Edition unknown, presumed small. High-grade archival paper. Full margins. Fine, quality printing. Fine condition. Comment(s): 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. [27163-3-400]