Margaret Bourke-White
The Day After Liberation, Buchenwald, Germany

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

CultureAmerican

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The Day After Liberation, Buchenwald, Germany

DateApril 1945, printed 2004

Place depictedBuchenwald, Germany

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 6 7/8 × 9 7/16 in. (17.5 × 24 cm)
Sheet: 8 1/8 × 9 15/16 in. (20.6 × 25.3 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Joan Morgenstern

Object number2012.443

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Photography

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PHOTOGRAPHS

ProvenanceThe artist; [Alan Klotz Gallery, New York, 2004]; purchased by MFAH, 2012.
Exhibition History"Norman Rockwell: American Freedom," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, December 15, 2019–March 22, 2020.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Inscribed in pencil on verso lower center:17355
Inscribed in pencil on verso right edge: Buchenwald Victims

Stamped on verso center: NOTICE / PERMISSION TO PUBLISH / AND CREDITS MUST BE / OBTAINED FROM TIME-LIFE / PICTURE AGENCY BEFORE / THIS PHOTOGRAPH MAY BE / REPRODUCED. / TIME-LIFE PICTURE AGENCY

Stamped on verso lower right with additions in pencil: CREDIT TO READ: Margaret Bourke- / TIME LIFE Picture Agency [crossed out] © Time Inc./ Set # / THIS MUST BE RETURNED TO: / TIME-LIFE PICTURE AGENCY / NOT FOR ADVERTISING / OR TRADE USE

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