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Vultures of Calcutta, India

A work made of gelatin silver print.
© Estate of Margaret Bourke-White / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY

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  • A work made of gelatin silver print.

Date:

1946

Artist:

Margaret Bourke-White
American, 1904–1971

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Margaret Bourke-White

Title

Vultures of Calcutta, India

Place

New York City (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 1946

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Inscriptions

Unmarked recto; inscribed verso, on mount, upper right, in graphite: "21485 [underlined] A # / 12 B.W."

Dimensions

Image/paper: 36.6 × 48.7 cm (14 7/16 × 19 3/16 in.); Mount: 55.9 × 71.2 cm (22 1/16 × 28 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Photography and Media Purchase Fund

Reference Number

1957.136

Copyright

© Estate of Margaret Bourke-White / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY

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