Work, Industry & Design Artists

Lewis Hine
Powerhouse Mechanic
1920
Gelatin Silver Print 9 7/8 x 8 in.
n.s
(Inv# 72614)
Armco Steel, Ohio
1922
Gelatin silver print mounted on board
9 3/8 x 7 3/8 in.
Signed in pencil on verso by Cole Weston
(Inv# 61625)


Arkady Shaikhet
Komsomol at the wheel
1931
Gelatin silver print, printed later from
original plate negative
11 x 8 1/2 in.
(Inv# 101170)
Lola Álvarez Bravo
Men Shoveling
1940-50s
Ferrotype
8 x 10 in.
Stamped on verso
(Inv# 82075)


Lewis Hine
Spinner
1906
Gelatin silver print, vintage
8 x 10 in.
n.s
(Inv# 74623)
Héctor García
Foundry
1950s
Gelatin Silver Print
8 x 10 in.
Stamped on verso
(Inv# 81167)


Flor Garduño
Papazul, Mexico
2000
Gelatin Silver Print
16 x 20 in.
Signed in pencil on verso
(Inv# 77241)
Rodrigo Moya
Bread Deliverer,
Colonia Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City
1963
Gelatin silver print
16 x 19 3/4 in.
Signed in ink on recto and titled and
signed in pencil on verso
(Inv# 61666)


Fritz Henle
NYA (National Youth Administration)
Work Center,
Brooklyn, New York.
1942
Gelatin silver print
8 x 9 1/4 in.
Signed in pencil on verso
(Inv# 63287)
Mario Algaze
“La mano del tejedor”
San Angel, Mexico
2016
Gelatin Silver Print, Printed Later
14 x 11 in.
Signed in Pencil on Verso
(Inv# 71898-C)


Fritz Henle
Silversmith
Spratling Studios, Taxco, Mexico
1940s
Gelatin Silver Print
8 1/4 x 8 in.
Stamped on signed on verso
(Inv# 72644-C)
Lola Álvarez Bravo
Stitching in the breeze
1930s
Gelatin silver print
10 x 8 in.
n.s
(Inv# 58798)


Lola Álvarez Bravo
Untitled
1940s
Gelatin silver print
10 x 8 in.
n.s
(Inv# 58515)
Margaret Bourke White
Gold Miners
1950
Gelatin silver print
10 x 8 in.
Stamped on verso
(Inv# 54271)


Lola Álvarez Bravo
Worker Washing Face
1960s
Ferrotype, Vintage
10 x 8 1/8 in.
Stamped on verso
(Inv# 82066)
Leo Matiz
Untitled – Man on pipes
1940’s
Gelatin silver print
9 3/4 x 8 in.
Artist’s stamp on verso
(Inv# 31740)


Lola Álvarez Bravo
Worker in the Sun
1940-50s
Ferrotype
8 x 10 in.
Stamped on verso
(Inv# 82072)
Héctor García
Smelters of Monclova
1950s
Gelatin Silver Print
10 x 8 in.
Stamped on verso
(Inv# 106740)


Fritz Henle
Tutwiler Oil Refinery at Night
Lake Charles, Louisiana
1949
Gelatin Silver Print
12 1/4 x 10 3/4 in.
Signed and Stamped on verso
(Inv# 72229-C)
Lola Álvarez Bravo
Welder
1960-70
Gelatin Silver Print
6 1/2 x 9 1/8 in.
Signed in pencil on original mat
(Inv# 32074PP)


Margaret Bourke White
Welding Tire Rims, International Harvester
Chicago, IL
1933
Platinum print
16 x 20 in.
AP
Embossed, signed and stamped on verso –
LIFE-Estate Print
(Inv# 63410)
Manuel Álvarez Bravo
La chispa / The Spark
1936
Gelatin silver print
9 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.
Signed in pencil on verso
(Inv# 101100)


Margaret Bourke White
Nitrogen Fermentation Tanks
1932
Gelatin silver print
14 x 11 in.
Titled in pencil on verso
(Inv# 59278)
Manuel Álvarez Bravo
Fire Workers
1935
Gelatin silver print
9 3/8 x 7 1/2 in.
Lower Right Recto “M Alvarez Bravo, Mexico”
in Pencil
(Inv# 33767)


Lola Álvarez Bravo
Barrel of Coal
1940-50s
Ferrotype
8 x 9 1/2 in.
Stamped on verso
(Inv# 82090)
Héctor García
Construction Worker
1950s
Gelatin Silver Print
7 3/8 x 9 3/8 in.
Stamped on verso
(Inv# 81169)


Héctor García
Machine Worker
1950s
Gelatin Silver Print
5 x 7 in.
Stamped on verso
(Inv# 81168)
Tina Modotti
Hands resting on a shovel
1926
Gelatin silver print
8 x 10 in.
n.s
(Inv# 60394)


Leo Matiz
Strips of metal
1940’s
Gelatin silver print
10 x 10 in.
Credit stamp on verso
(Inv# 32285)
Leo Matiz
Wood Stack
1940’s
Gelatin silver print
14 x 11 in.
Artist’s stamp on verso
(Inv# 57229)


Leo Matiz
Oil Refinery Operator
Barrancabermeja, Colombia
1952
Gelatin silver print
10 x 8 in.
Signature, title and date written on verso
(Inv# 28237)
Tina Modotti
Tank no. 1
1927
Gelatin silver print
10 x 8 in.
n.s
(Inv# 56339)


Tina Modotti
Experiment in Related Form or Glasses
1924
Platinum print
10 x 11 in.
INAH
(Inv# 50975)
Margaret Bourke White
Oil Tanks, Standard Oil Co. of Ohio
1930’s
Gelatin silver print
9 x 13 in.
Stamped on verso
(Inv# 75606)


Tina Modotti
Mella’s Typewriter or La Técnica
1928
Gelatin Silver Print
9 in. x 7 1/2 in.
n.s
(Inv# 33997-PP)
Tina Modotti
Worker’s Parade
1924
Platinum Print, Printed Later
10 x 8 in.
Edition A of P
Signed by Ava Vargas on Verso
(Inv# 57673-C.A)


Margaret Bourke White
Dirigible for Goodyear Rubber
1933
Platinum print
12 x 17 in.
Embossed, signed and estate stamped on
verso-LIFE
(Inv# 63415)
Margaret Bourke White
The George Washington Bridge
1933
Gelatin Silver Print
8 x 10 in.
n.s
(Inv# 72358)


Tina Modotti
Telephone Wires
1923-29
Platinum Prints
10 x 8 in.
n.s
(Inv# 75813)
Graciela Iturbide
Chalma, Mexico
2008
Gelatin silver print, vintage
16 x 20 in.
Signed in ink on recto
(Inv# 68482)


Graciela Iturbide
Puebla, México
2011
Gelatin silver print
20 x 16 in.
Signed in ink on recto
(Inv# 63193-C)
Margaret Bourke White
Molten Steel, Otis Steel Company
1928-29
Gelatin Silver Print
13 3/8 in. x 9 1/4 in.
n.s
(Inv# 78040)


Anonymous
Gears
1940s
Gelatin Silver Print mounted on board
9 x 7 in.
n.s
(Inv# 71908)
Turner
Going Up
1950s
Gelatin Silver Print mounted on board
16 3/4 x 13 3/4 in.
Signed and titled in pencil on recto mount
(Inv# 71909)
