Statue of Liberty

Photography and Media

1952

Margaret Bourke-White
American, 1904–1971

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Photography and Media

Artist: Margaret Bourke-White
Title: Statue of Liberty
Place: United States (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 1952
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Inscriptions: Unmarked recto; inscribed verso, on mount, upper right, in graphite: "35699 [underlined] / RA 1 [underlined] / 3 / Bourke White"
Dimensions: Image/paper: 48.7 × 39.3 cm (19 3/16 × 15 1/2 in.); Mount: 71.2 × 55.8 cm (28 1/16 × 22 in.)
Credit Line: Photography and Media Purchase Fund
Reference Number: 1957.130
Copyright: © Estate of Margaret Bourke-White / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY

1956. “The Photography of Margaret Bourke-White.” Exh. cat. the Art Institute of Chicago. p. 7.

Art Institute of Chicago, “Photographs from the Permanent Collection,” March 20–May 30, 1976. (Miles Barth)
Art Institute of Chicago, “The Photography of Margaret Bourke-White,” May 15-July 1, 1956.

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