About This Artwork

Margaret Bourke-White
American, 1904–1971

Mahatma Gandhi Spinning, April 1946

Gelatin silver print
37.1 x 49.4 cm
Photography Purchase Fund, 1957.134

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

AIC, “The Concerned Photographer,” March 18–June 11, 2006. (Katherine Bussard, Newell G. Smith, Gregory Harris)

Publication History

Brown, Theodore M. 1972. “Margaret Bourke-White: Photojournalist.” Exh. cat. Andrew Dickson White Museum of Art, Cornell University. p. 96. (other print of this image)

Callahan, Sean, ed. 1972. “The Photographs of Margaret Bourke-White.” Bonzana Books. pp.174-175. (other print of this image)

Callahan, Sean. 1998. “Margaret Bourke-White: Photographer.” Little, Brown. p. 133. (other print of this image)

Goldberg, Vicky. 1988. “Bourke-White: A Retrospective.” Exh. cat. International Center of Photography/United Technologies Corporation. p. 100.
(other print of this image)

Silverman, Jonathan. 1983. "For the World To See: The Life of Margaret Bourke-White." Viking Press. p. 177. (other print of this image)




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