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Newly Molded Gold Bars Being Cooled by Fan in the U.S. Assay Office, New York, NY
Artist
Margaret Bourke-White
(American, 1904 - 1971)
Datec. 1936
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 13 11/16 x 10 5/16 in. (34.8 x 26.2 cm)
Sheet: 13 15/16 x 10 15/16 in. (35.4 x 27.8 cm)
Sheet: 13 15/16 x 10 15/16 in. (35.4 x 27.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number2008.87
ClassificationsPhotograph
Object NamePhotograph
DepartmentPermanent Collection
CultureNorth American
NationalityAmerican
On View
Not on viewCentury
- Twentieth
Inscribedverso top right: PHOTO NO/5505305 / U.S. Assay Office; verso center: 226/2507 / BOURKE-WHITE / * US-govt-dept-Assay office / * / Minerals-Gold-US-NY / *; verso bottom left: ©___Time Inc. All Rights Reserved. / No reproduction, commercial display or other / use is permitted without express written / permission of the copyright holder.; verso bottom right: USED IN LIFE DEC 14 1936 P.44; verso bottom center: PF76284
Exhibition HistoryRecent Acquisitions, Palmer Museum of Art, May 25 – October 17, 2010Published ReferencesLife, December 14, 1936, p. 45, full article pp. 44-47.