Object number2022.43

Otis Steel Mill

Date1928

Artist Margaret Bourke-White (American, 1904-1971)

CultureAmerican

MediumGelatin silver print with the artist's hand-drawn black ink margins, mounted to board

DimensionsImage: 13 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (34.3 x 24.1 cm)
Support: 19 3/4 x 14 in. (50.2 x 35.6 cm)
Matted: 24 x 19 1/2 in. (61 x 49.5 cm)

Credit LineGift of Anne Hoene Hoy, Class of 1963, in memory of Mary Anne Tawes Hoene, Class of 1930

On View

Not on view

Period20th c

Classification(s)

Photograph

SignedOn mount, signed lower right in pencil: Bourke - / White

InscribedOn a typed label affixed to the reverse of the mount, center: Otis smoke stacks; on reverse of mount, by unidentified hand, left center edge in pencil: 14 x 20

MarkingsOn reverse of mount, stamped upper center in blue ink: A / MARGARET BOURKE-WHITE / PHOTOGRAPH

ProvenanceSotheby Parke Bernet, New York, Photographs, November 17-18, 1980, lot 311
Collection of Anne Hoene Hoy
DescriptionMounted to board with the board hinged to a secondary support. Black and white image of several smoke stacks, smoke, and various factory architecture including shafts, girders, and bracing.

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