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Margaret Bourke-White

Margaret Bourke-White

American · 1904–1971 · Photographer

Margaret Bourke-White was an American documentary photographer and photojournalist. She was known as an architectural and commercial photographer for the first half of her… (Wikipedia)

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  1. Margaret Bourke-White, Flood Refugees, Louisville, Kentucky, 1937, Gelatin silver printFlood Refugees, Louisville, KentuckyPhillips · $400,000≈ £304,553≈ €356,538Sign up to see
  2. Margaret Bourke-White, Gargoyle, Chrysler Building, New York City, circa 1930, Oversized gelatin silver printGargoyle, Chrysler Building, New York CityPhillips · $152,400≈ £123,983≈ €143,719Sign up to see
  3. Margaret Bourke-White, Gargoyle, Chrysler Building, New York City, circa 1930, Gelatin silver print with black inked bordersGargoyle, Chrysler Building, New York CityPhillips · $127,000≈ £101,747≈ €116,503Sign up to see

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  1. Margaret Bourke-White, Helix: Panel in NBC Mural, Radio City Music Hall, circa 1934, Gelatin silver print
    Helix: Panel in NBC Mural, Radio City Music Hall, circa 1934
    Photograph
    13 1/4 x 10 1/4 in. (33.7 x 26 cm)
    Phillips · · Lot 45
    $30,000≈ £24,118≈ €28,166Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $20,000–30,000View at Phillips ↗
  2. Margaret Bourke-White, Rosenbaum Grain Elevators, Chicago, IL. (Our "temple view"), circa 1935, Gelatin silver print
    Rosenbaum Grain Elevators, Chicago, IL. (Our "temple view"), circa 1935
    Photograph
    13 1/2 x 7 3/4 in. (34.3 x 19.7 cm)
    Phillips · · Lot 33
    $27,500≈ £21,993≈ €25,795Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $30,000–50,000View at Phillips ↗
  3. Margaret Bourke-White, Coffee Picker, São Martinho, Brazil, 1936, Gelatin silver print
    Coffee Picker, São Martinho, Brazil, 1936
    Photograph
    13 1/2 x 10 in. (34.3 x 25.4 cm)
    Phillips · · Lot 44
    $5,000≈ £3,932≈ €4,460Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $4,000–6,000View at Phillips ↗
  4. Margaret Bourke-White, Czech Peasant Women and Child Wearing Bohemian Clothes, 1938, Warm-toned gelatin silver print
    Czech Peasant Women and Child Wearing Bohemian Clothes, 1938
    Photograph
    13 5/8 x 10 3/8in
    Bonhams · · Lot 3143
    $250≈ £193≈ €222Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $1,000–2,000View at Bonhams ↗
  5. Margaret Bourke-White, Selected Images, 1930s, Eight gelatin silver prints, two with her copyright credit stamp on the mount verso; two possibly with her signature and title on the mount, each not framed
    Selected Images, 1930s
    Photograph
    13 x 8 1/2in avg. or reverse
    Bonhams · · Lot 3144
    $163≈ £126≈ €144Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $1,000–1,500View at Bonhams ↗
  6. Margaret Bourke-White, American Optical Company, 1936-1938, Warm-toned gelatin silver print
    American Optical Company, 1936-1938
    Photograph
    13 3/8 x 10 1/8in
    Bonhams · · Lot 3145
    $100≈ £77≈ €89Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $1,000–2,000View at Bonhams ↗
  7. Margaret Bourke-White, Marshall, Arkansas, 1936, Warm-toned gelatin silver print
    Marshall, Arkansas, 1936
    Photograph
    13 5/8 x 9 5/8in
    Bonhams · · Lot 3146
    $163≈ £126≈ €144Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $1,000–2,000View at Bonhams ↗
  8. Margaret Bourke-White, Lumberjack, for International Paper Co., 1937, Warm-toned gelatin silver print
    Lumberjack, for International Paper Co., 1937
    Photograph
    13 x 9 1/8in
    Bonhams · · Lot 3147
    $175≈ £135≈ €155Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $1,000–2,000View at Bonhams ↗
  9. Margaret Bourke-White, Airship Akron, 1931, Warm-toned gelatin silver print in duralumin frame
    Airship Akron, 1931
    Photograph
    Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · · Lot 52
    $3,125≈ £2,034≈ €2,748Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $3,000–View at Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) ↗
  10. Margaret Bourke-White, Selected Images of Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico, for TWA, 1935, Two warm-toned gelatin silver prints
    Selected Images of Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico, for TWA, 1935
    Photograph
    13 1/4 x 9 1/8in; 9 1/4 x 13 1/8in
    Bonhams · · Lot 3714
    $3,750≈ £2,498≈ €3,335Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $4,000–6,000View at Bonhams ↗
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Margaret Bourke-White photographs (88)

About Margaret Bourke-White

Margaret Bourke-White was an American documentary photographer and photojournalist. She was known as an architectural and commercial photographer for the first half of her career, representing corporate clients and highlighting the success of industrial capitalism with black and white images of steel factories and skyscrapers. In 1930, she became the first foreign photographer granted official access to document industrial sites in the Soviet Union during the first five-year plan. In 1933, she was commissioned to create the NBC photomural, a monumental photomural about radio for its rotunda at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, then considered the largest photomural in the world. The success of her corporate commissions led her to work at Fortune magazine in the 1930s. She took the photograph of the construction of Fort Peck Dam that became the cover of the first issue of Life magazine.

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