Object number2004.40.1
Two French Soldiers Checking Precision of Sextant
Date1943
Artist
Margaret Bourke-White
(American, 1904-1971)
CultureAmerican
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 3/4 x 13 1/2 in. (24.77 x 34.29 cm)
Credit LineGift from the Michael and Joyce Axelrod collection (Joyce Jacobson, class of 1961)
On View
Not on viewPeriod20th c
Classification(s)
InscribedOn verso, by unidentified hand upper center in pencil: General photo of French with lend-lease equipment. / 59/11B; lower center edge: MB-384
MarkingsOn verso, stamped upper left in red ink: LIFE PICTURE COLLECTION; stamped left in blue: 13840; stamped center: LIFE PHOTO BY / MARGARET BOURKE-WHITE
Vassar Exhibitions
Exhibition HistoryPhotography as Data: Augmentation, Extraction, Objectification, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, April 9 - September 15, 2024DescriptionBlack and white image of two men in jackets and caps seated at a table adjusting a sextant. On the table are tools and each of the men has a chain around their neck for their dog tags.
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Margaret Bourke-White
1941
Culture: American
