Artist
Margaret Bourke-White (American, 1904–1971)American, 1904–1971
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Coney Island Parachute Jump, New York
Date1952, printed c. 1960
Place depictedConey Island, New York, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 15 3/8 × 19 5/16 in. (39 × 49 cm)
Sheet: 15 9/16 × 19 1/2 in. (39.5 × 49.5 cm)
Sheet: 15 9/16 × 19 1/2 in. (39.5 × 49.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Joan and Stanford Alexander in memory of Ries Daniel and in honor of Anne Wilkes Tucker receiving the first AIPAD Award
Object number2017.268
Not on view
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PhotographyObject Type
Never one to shy away from a difficult or dangerous
assignment, “Life” magazine photographer
Margaret Bourke-White covered the Italian and German fronts of World War II,
the partition of India and Pakistan, the Korean War, South African apartheid,
and New Jersey political scandals. For the photo essay “A New Way to Look at
the U.S.” (published April 14, 1952), Bourke-White was suspended from a helicopter or small plane with her 20-pound
camera to capture unfamiliar views of familiar places, including Coney Island, as seen here; the Statue of Liberty; and Houston’s San
Jacinto Monument.
Provenance[Sotheby’s New York, October 3, 2001, lot 250]; [Michael Shapiro Gallery, San Francisco]; Private collection, 2001; [consigned to Michael Shapiro Gallery, 2016]; purchased by MFAH, 2017.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed in black ink, recto, bottom left: Margaret Bourke-White
Stamped in black ink, verso, center: LIFE PHOTO // BY // MARGARET BOURKE-WHITE
Inscribed in graphite, verso: 35 699 ACR 1-20 MB[?] // 3 [circled]
Stamped in black ink, verso, center: LIFE PHOTO // BY // MARGARET BOURKE-WHITE
Inscribed in graphite, verso: 35 699 ACR 1-20 MB[?] // 3 [circled]
Signed in black ink, recto, bottom left: Margaret Bourke-White
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