Lewis Wickes HineAmerican, 1874–1940Italiaanse immigrante
Can I see it?
Unknown
Where is “Italiaanse immigrante” now? Collection: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Unknown.
Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- Source
- The museum
About the work
Hine portrayed the European immigrants who came to America at the beginning of the 20th century. Life was hard in a big city where hundreds of thousands of people were looking for ways to make a living. Italian women were employed in ‘sweatshops’, sewing
workshops, where they were grievously exploited. Even children, like this barefoot newspaper boy, were sent out to earn money.
Rijksmuseum
Details
- Accession number
- RP-F-2011-72
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Rijksmuseum
- Image: Rijksmuseum — public domain
