Italy, Naples, Salvaging Quartermaster Supplies from Warehouse Fire
Margaret Bourke-White, American, 1904 - 1971
1944
Gelatin silver print
Image: 13 5/16 × 9 3/8 in. (33.8 × 23.8 cm)
Mount: 16 15/16 × 14 in. (43.1 × 35.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Jane and Raphael Bernstein
2020.46.1.16
Portfolio / Series Title
Number 16 of 57 from World War II: Army Service Forces
Geography
Place Imaged: Naples, Italy, Europe
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Photograph
Research Area
Photograph
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed, on mount, lower right, in graphite: Bourke-White; numbered, on mount, lower right corner, in graphite: 16; typed label, on reverse, bottom center edge: 16. Italy - Naples - Salvaging Quartermaster supplies from warehouse fire.
Course History
Writing Program 5.24, Photographic Representations, Amanda Wetsel, Winter 2023
Writing Program 5.25, Photographic Representations, Amanda Wetsel, Winter 2023
Facilitated Experience: Special Tour - From Goya to Photojournalism, Summer 2023
Exhibition History
Margaret Bourke-White, World War II, and Life Magazine, Lewitt Wall, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Rotation 1, January 4-March 17, 2023.
Publication History
John R. Stomberg, A Legacy for Learning: The Jane and Raphael Bernstein collection; Hanover, New Hampshire, Dartmouth College, Hood Museum of Art, 2021, listed p.98.
Provenance
Sotheby's, New York, New York, sale 5706, lot 78, 1988; sold to Raphael and Jane Bernstein, Ridgewood, New Jersey, Lent to present collection 2019, Gift to present collection, 2020.
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