Study of excavator bucket with Brooklyn Bridge in the background, NYC, 1955

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Study of excavator bucket with Brooklyn Bridge in the background, NYC, 1955
Study of excavator bucket with Brooklyn Bridge in the background, NYC, 1955
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1922 – 1999)
Date1955
MediumFerrotyped gelatin silver print
DimensionsComposition/Sheet: 13 3/8 × 9 1/2 in. (34 × 24.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2021.12.146
Not on view
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Provenance 2021: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by gift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling.
Markings Verso, center (blue ink stamp): "PLEASE CREDIT / ERICH HARTMANN / MAGNUM PHOTOS INC. / 17 East 64th Street / New York 21, N. Y."
Verso, center (red ink stamp): "POSTED / SEP 3 1955 / EDITORIAL AUDITING DEPT."
Verso, center (black ink stamp): "This photograph was printed by Erich Hartmann or under his direct supervision. / Signed (pencil): Ruth Hartmann"
Verso, lower right corner (sticker): "MAG00100664- / 020"
Inscribed Verso, upper left (pencil): "EH-299"
Verso, center (pencil): "Brooklyn Bridge"
Car driving down the road with lake in the background, Freedom, Oklahoma
Car driving down the road with lake in the background, Freedom, Oklahoma
Erich Hartmann
Date: 1954
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2021.12.137
Churchill funeral: Funeral for Winston Churchill. Gantry cranes tip in salute as a barge carries Churchill's coffin on the Thames. Wren Church and the dome of St. Paul's Cathedral are in the background, London, January 29, 1965
Churchill funeral: Funeral for Winston Churchill. Gantry cranes tip in salute as a barge carries Churchill's coffin on the Thames. Wren Church and the dome of St. Paul's Cathedral are in the background, London, January 29, 1965
Erich Hartmann
Date: 1965
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2021.12.138
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Study of plant leaves
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Date: date unknown
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2021.12.147
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Arches National Park, Utah
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Date: 1959
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2021.12.136
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Farmer throwing blurred object, Freedom, Oklahoma
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Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2021.12.139
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Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2021.12.141
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Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2021.12.142
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Medium: Gelatin silver print
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Erich Hartmann
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Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2021.12.144
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Street scene with two men walking together at night, Dublin
Erich Hartmann
Date: 1964
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2021.12.145
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The train journey: a man in a beret waits on a station platform, Libourne, France
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Date: 1979
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2021.12.148