Young Man Sleeping in Box Car

© Hansel Mieth

Young Man Sleeping in Box Car

Currently not on view

Young Man Sleeping in Box Car,

1936

Hansel (Johanna) Mieth, 1909–1998; born Oppelsbohm, Germany; died Santa Rosa, CA
2019-104

Information

Title
Young Man Sleeping in Box Car
Dates

1936

Maker
Hansel (Johanna) Mieth
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
26.5 × 33.8 cm (10 7/16 × 13 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Fowler McCormick, Class of 1921, Fund
Object Number
2019-104
Signatures
Signed and dated in ink, on verso: Hansel Mieth 1936
Inscription
in ink, on verso lower left: #35 in ink, on verso center: 80 [in circle]
Culture
German, American
Type
photographs, gelatin silver prints
Techniques
gelatin silver process
Subject
photojournalism, figures (representations), men, sleeping

Museum purchase, Fowler McCormick, Class of 1921, Fund

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