Margaret Bourke-White
Stalin's Great Aunt

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

CultureAmerican

Titles

Stalin's Great Aunt
from Margaret Bourke-White's Photographs of the USSR

Date1932, printed 1934

Place depictedGeorgia

MediumPhotogravure

DimensionsImage: 13 1/16 × 9 3/16 in. (33.2 × 23.3 cm)
Sheet: 20 × 14 in. (50.8 × 35.6 cm)

Credit LineGift of Mike and Mickey Marvins

Object number2013.729.8

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Department

Photography

Special Collections

Marvins Family Collections

Object Type

BOOKS & MANUSCRIPTS

ProvenanceLydia Winston Malbin, d. 1989, New York; [Sotheby's New York, April 26, 1990, lot 290]; purchased by Michael and Michele Marvins, Houston; given to MFAH, 2013.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

verso of mat top left in pencil: # 8

verso of mat top left printed label: Lydia Winston Malbin / 483 Aspin Road / Birmingham, Mich. 48009
printed on margin below image: STALIN'S GREAT AUNT

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