Margaret Bourke-White
U.S.S. AKRON

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

CultureAmerican

Titles

U.S.S. AKRON

Date1931

PlaceUnited States

MediumGelatin silver print in duralumin frame

DimensionsImage (sight, in frame): 17 × 22 7/8 in. (43.2 × 58.1 cm)
Frame (Aluminum frame): 20 1/8 × 25 7/8 in. (51.1 × 65.7 cm)
Frame (Plexiglas frame): 21 7/8 × 27 3/8 × 2 1/8 in. (55.6 × 69.5 × 5.4 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the John R. Eckel, Jr. Foundation

Object number2011.405

Not on view

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Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

Provenance[FRIO Administrative Services, Inc., Houston]; purchased by MFAH, 2011.
Exhibition History"The Spirit of Modernism: The John R. Eckel, Jr. Foundation Gift to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, August 20, 2011–January 30, 2012.

"The Marzio Years: Transforming the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1982–2010," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 25, 2020–January 10, 2021.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Inscription stamped on plaque on aluminum frame LC: -WINNER- / SMITH BROTHERS ZEPPELIN RACE / JULY-AUGUST 1931 / [symbol] / THIS FRAME IS MADE OF DURALUMIN USED IN GIRDER / CONSTRUCTION OF THE UNITED STATES AIRSHIP "AKRON" / BUILT BY THE GOODYEAR ZEPPELIN CORPORATION

On image lower right, in black ink: Bourke- / White

Framer's label on back of frame.

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