Lot #2197: LEWIS HINE - Group of "Newsies" at the Brooklyn Bridge Starting Out at 1:00am in a Blizzard on a Sunday - Original photogravure

 

Artist: Lewis Hine (American, 1874-1940).
Title: "Group of "Newsies" at the Brooklyn Bridge Starting Out at 1:00am in a Blizzard on a Sunday".
Medium: Original photogravure.
Date: Composed 1908. Printed later.
Dimensions: Overall size: 11 5/8 x 15 11/16 in. (295 x 398 mm). Image size: 9 5/16 x 11 13/16 in. (237 x 300 mm).
Pricing:
  Starting Price: $300
  Reserve Price: N.A.
  Auction Sale Price Estimate: $400/500
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): A gelatin silver print of this image sold for $22,500 at Phillips, NY, October 8, 2015, lot #142. 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. [27164-3-300-NA]