Lot Essay
This image representing agriculture was one of several photographs portraying major industries used by Bourke-White for a photographic mural installed at the Soviet Consulate in 1934.
Details
Margaret Bourke-White
'Sovkhoz no. 2 - Verblud, U.S.S.R.' [Soviet farm no. 2 - Verblud], 1931
Warm-toned matt gelatin silver print, 4½ x 6½in., thin black ink border, mounted on card, signed Bourke White with title and inscription greetings for 1931 in pencil on mount.
'Sovkhoz no. 2 - Verblud, U.S.S.R.' [Soviet farm no. 2 - Verblud], 1931
Warm-toned matt gelatin silver print, 4½ x 6½in., thin black ink border, mounted on card, signed Bourke White with title and inscription greetings for 1931 in pencil on mount.
Provenance
Gift from the photographer to the grandfather of the present owner.
Further details
See illustration