Artist
Margaret Bourke-White (American, 1904–1971)American, 1904–1971
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Maiden Lane, Georgia
Datec. 1936
PlaceGeorgia, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 10 1/16 × 13 3/8 in. (25.6 × 33.9 cm)
Sheet: 10 1/16 × 13 3/8 in. (25.6 × 33.9 cm)
Mount: 15 × 19 13/16 in. (38.1 × 50.3 cm)
Sheet: 10 1/16 × 13 3/8 in. (25.6 × 33.9 cm)
Mount: 15 × 19 13/16 in. (38.1 × 50.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.694
Current Location
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Gallery 208
On view
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
This photo was included in the book You Have Seen Their Faces (1937, authored jointly by Margaret Bourke-White and Erskine Caldwell), which illustrated the poverty-stricken lives of southern tenant farmers and sharecroppers during the Great Depression. In the book, the husband is quoted as saying, “A man learns not to expect much after he’s farmed cotton most of his life.”
Provenance[Manfred Heiting, Malibu, California]; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition History"American Vision: Photographers from the East, Selections from the Manfred Heiting Collection purchased by the Brown Foundation for the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston from August 23-December 29, 2003.
"From the Printed Page: Photographs from the Manfred Heiting Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, January 23-June 5, 2006.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil, verso of mount, upper center: "Book order - A3"
Stamped in red, verso of mount, center: "A / MARGARET BOURKE-WHITE / PHOTOGRAPH"
Inscribed in pencil, verso of mount, lower right: "Hr 304-11-7"
Stamped in red, verso of mount, center: "A / MARGARET BOURKE-WHITE / PHOTOGRAPH"
Inscribed in pencil, verso of mount, lower right: "Hr 304-11-7"
The photograph is not signed.
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