Lot 7
  • 7

MARGARET BOURKE-WHITE | Plow Blades, Oliver Chilled Plow Co., 1930

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Margaret Bourke-White
  • Plow Blades, Oliver Chilled Plow Co., 1930
  • Image: 44.6 x 31.3 cm (17.6 x 12.3 in.)
  • Frame: 77.4 x 62.3 cm (30 1/2 x 24 1/2 in.)
Silver gelatin print, printed later.  Numbered 36/250 in black pen and with the photographer's blind-stamp in the lower margin. With the LIFE stamp and information about the work in pencil in an unknown hand on the verso. Matted and framed. 

Provenance

Private collection, UK

Condition

This work is in overall very good condition, with few and random light surface scratches only visible in raking light. Please note that the print is hinged at two points at the top verso of the print to the mat.
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