About This Artwork

Margaret Bourke-White
American, 1904–1971

A Mile Underground, Kimberly Diamond Mine, South Africa, 1950

Gelatin silver print
49.2 x 37.2 cm
Photography Purchase Fund, 1957.133

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

AIC, "Industrial Effects: Twentieth Century Photographs from the Permanent Collection," July 24-October 17, 1993.

Publication History

Brown, Theodore M. 1972. “Margaret Bourke-White: Photojournalist.” Exh. cat. Andrew Dickson White Museum of Art, Cornell University. p. 92. (other print of this image)

Callahan, Sean, ed. 1972. “The Photographs of Margaret Bourke-White.” Bonzana Books. p. 176. (other print of this image)

Callahan, Sean. 1998. “Margaret Bourke-White: Photographer.” Little, Brown. p. 142. (other print of this image)

Goldberg, Vicky. 1988. “Bourke-White: A Retrospective.” Exh. cat. International Center of Photography/United Technologies Corporation. p. 108. (other print of this image)




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