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Lot 135

MARGARET BOURKE-WHITE / TWA Plane Wing (circa 1935)

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Margaret Bourke-White
American, 1904-1971
Untitled TWA photograph, circa 1935
Silver gelatin print
10" x 7 1/4"

Pioneering photojournalist and industrial photographer Margaret Bourke-White was hired in 1935 to photograph the planes and operations of TWA, Pan-Am, and Eastern Airlines. This composition offers dramatic perspective of the sun-kissed wing of a TWA Douglas DC-2 on the tarmac. "Bourke-White from Pictures, Inc." credit stamp to the reverse, and "655 DKC" reference number in pencil.

Condition

Good condition, noting only a 1/4" edge tear in the margin at the bottom left of the sheet, and a possible old stray pen mark at the right edge of the image.

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