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Margaret Bourke-White, Contour Plowing

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MARGARET BOURKE-WHITE, Contour Plowing 1950's: Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White (American, 1904 - 1971) - American photographer and documentary photographer. She is best known as the first foreign photographer permitted to take pictures of Sovi

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MARGARET BOURKE-WHITE - Contour Plowing, 1954: Artist: Margaret Bourke-White Title: Contour Plowing, Walsh, Colorado, 1954 Medium: Photo Litho, 1998, Italy Dimensions: 8.95x11.65" Description: Heat Wax Mounted on 12x16" Conservation Board Artist B

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MARGARET BOURKE-WHITE (American, 1904-1971): group of 3 vintage silver prints from Letchworth Village, all with thin black border, 1932, includes boys at pig pen, 6x13.25in., 2 boys holding pigs, 9.5x13.25in., and a plowing scene with oxen, 6.25

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MARGARET BOURKE-WHITE (AMERICAN, 1904-1967) USS AKRON PHOTOGRAPH: MARGARET BOURKE-WHITE (AMERICAN, 1904-1967) USS AKRON PHOTOGRAPH, silver gelatin print, signed Bourke-White in ink lower right, housed in original frame made of duralumin, an aluminum alloy, with

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MARGARET BOURKE-WHITE - Coffee Picker, Brazil, 1936: ARTIST: Margaret Bourke-White TITLE: Coffee Picker, Brazil, 1936 MEDIUM: Warm-toned Silver Gelatin IMAGE SIZE: 12 5/8 x 8 7/8 in DESCRIPTION: This rare, warm-toned silver gelatin print is signed in pe

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Margaret Bourke-White 1931 Third Annual Goodyear Dealers Zeppelin Race Winner Photograph: Margaret Bourke-White (American), July-August 1931, Bellevue Tire Shop, Frame made of Duralumin from the US Airship Akron, Frame measures 20 1/2 x 26in, Photograph measures 19 x 24in.

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Margaret Bourke-White Zeppelin Photograph: A Margaret Bourke-White, American, 1904 - 1971. Gelatin silver print of Air Ship Akron, circa 1931. Signed "Bourke-White" in image lower right. Frame inscribed "D.M. McAuliffe, Winner, Third Annual Go

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IMAGES OF MARGARET BOURKE-WHITE (AMERICAN, 1904-1971): IMAGES OF MARGARET BOURKE-WHITE (AMERICAN, 1904-1971)While performing her craft. Three original unframed photographs with the artist as part of the subject, ca. 1935. One photograph dated 1935 showing

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MARGARET BOURKE-WHITE Pencil Notations on Verso GELATIN SILVER PRINT Famine in India LIFE MAGAZINE: ARTIST: Margaret Bourke-White (American, The Bronx, New York City, 1904 - 1971) TITLE: Famine in India in 1946 MEDIUM: Gelatin silver print IMAGE SIZE: 13 1/2" x 10 1/2" OVERALL SIZE: 20" x 16"

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MARGARET BOURKE-WHITE, (American, 1904-1971), Workers at American Woolen Company: MARGARET BOURKE-WHITE (American, 1904-1971)Workers at American Woolen Companysilver gelatin print14 x 11 in.

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Margaret Bourke-White Photograph, Arctic Mother and: Margaret Bourke-White (American 1904-1971) Arctic Mother and Child, c.1937, gelatin silver print, signed in pencil to the matting lower right, matted and framed. Dimensions: 9.25 x 13 in. Margaret

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Margaret Bourke-White (American, 1904-1971) Electric: Margaret Bourke-White (American, 1904-1971) Electric Furnace, Ludlum Steel Co., Dunkirk, New York. Vintage gelatin silver print, c. 1930. Bearing the ink stamp en verso 'A Margaret Bourke-White photog

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MARGARET BOURKE-WHITE, “Elephant.” 1934: MARGARET BOURKE-WHITE, “Elephant.” 1934. 6 ¼ x 8 ¼ inch image on a 7 x 9 inch sheet vintage gelatin silver print. “Animals – Elephants” is stamped at the to

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Margaret Bourke-White, (American, 1904-1971),: Margaret Bourke-White, (American, 1904-1971), Landscape, 1928 and Woman at a Fence, 1935 (a pair of works), gelatin silver prints, 14" x 12" (each)

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MARGARET BOURKE-WHITE Industrial Abstraction 1939: MARGARET BOURKE-WHITE, Reel Spinning Rayon Yarn at the Industrial Rayon Corp. Factory, Painesville, OH, 1939, 13.25x10.125" Gelatin silver print, Printed c. 1939, Title and miscellaneous annotations i

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Margaret Bourke-White, large format photograph: Margaret Bourke-White, large format photograph, Margaret Bourke-White (American,1904-1971), "200 Ton Ladle, Otis Steel Mills, Cleveland", 1929, unsigned, unframed, 20"h x 16"w Provenance: The Collecti

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Item Details

Description

USA, c. 1950s
silver gelatin print
13 7/8” x 10.75”

Contour Plowing by Margaret Bourke-White with writing on verso in unknown hand [BOURKE-WHITE] and other. This photograph relates to Bourke-White's series entitled 'Megalopolis', which was the artist's final photo essay for Life Magazine, before her death. This example printed prior to final crop determination.

From the estate of New York City minimalist sculptor Will Horwitt (1931-1985).

Tags: social realism, abstract, farming, photography, henry luce, dust bowl, life magazine, surreal, photographer

Condition

Overall good condition; discoloration from tape top-right; corner bumps; creases; wear mostly limited to perimeter; minor signs of handling. Catalog Sale encourages bidders to request complete condition reports via email, info@catalog-sale.com. Notes provided here may be incomplete.

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Margaret Bourke-White, Contour Plowing

Name: Margaret Bourke-White, Contour Plowing
Brand: Margaret Bourke-White
SKU: 125582100
Price: 700 USD
Availability: InStock

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