From the Terminal Tower, Cleveland
Artist
Margaret Bourke-White
(American, 1904 - 1971)
Dateca. 1928
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 13 9/16 × 9 1/2 inches (34.44 × 24.13 cm)
Mount: 21 × 14 1/4 inches (53.34 × 36.2 cm)
Mount: 21 × 14 1/4 inches (53.34 × 36.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2017.24.3
SignedSigned on mount recto, lower right, in pencil: "Bourke-White"
InscribedTitled on mount recto, lower left, in pencil: "From the Terminal Tower / Cleveland."
MarkingsOn mount verso, upper right, in pencil: "1"
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionImage of a small group of people gathered on the balcony of a large stone building overlooking a city; billowy clouds are scattered in the sky and a body of water is visible near central right.Gallery LabelIn her early works, Margaret Bourke-White often used dramatic, elevated viewpoints, as seen in this image taken from Terminal Tower, a 52-story office building in Cleveland, Ohio. The tower stood as the second-tallest building in North America until 1964.
After graduating from Cornell University with a degree in biology in 1927, Bourke-White moved to Cleveland to become a professional photographer. The city’s industrial boom fueled new building projects, and she began photographing architectural views, selling prints to the wealthy businessmen who funded these structures. In 1929, Bourke-White became Fortune magazine’s first staff photographer. She went on to become a pioneering photojournalist.
With Ron Bailey, Cleveland, OH by 2017;
Consigned by him to Laurence Miller Gallery, New York, NY, 2017;
Purchased from them by The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2017;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.
Consigned by him to Laurence Miller Gallery, New York, NY, 2017;
Purchased from them by The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2017;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.
Copyright© Estate of Margaret Bourke-White / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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