Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Gelatin silver print, 1951, with photographer's agency credit stamp “Life Photo by Margaret Bourke-White" and date stamp "Dec 6 1951" to verso, with additional hand-written notations, framed.
Sheet size 10 3/4 x 13 1/2 in.; Frame dimensions 11 1/2 x 14 1/2 in.
Margaret Bourke-White was one of the first female photojournalists and a pioneer in using photography to document American industry and labor. One of the four original staff photographers at LIFE Magazine, she went on to represent the magazine as the first female war correspondent for LIFE during World War II.
Creases throughout; tear with associated area of loss at left edge, and some additional tears and small loss spots at edges; some stains primarily visible to verso.