Swann Galleries - Fine Photographs: Icons & Images - Sale 2361 - October 17, 2014 - page 83

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BOURKE-WHITE, MARGARET
(1904-1971)
Coca-Cola advertisement.Warm-toned silver
print with the black border, 13
1
/
4
x9
1
/
8
inches
(33.7x23.2 cm.), with Bourke-White’s stylized
signature, in pencil, on mount recto. Circa
1930
[6,000/9,000]
From the Estate of John Vassos, who was a noted
industrial and graphic designer. He also designed
the interior of Bourke-White’s studio in the
Chrysler Building.
85
BOURKE-WHITE, MARGARET
(1904-1971)
“U.S.S.Akron,World’s Largest Airship.” Silver
print, 16
3
/
4
x22
1
/
2
inches (42.5x55.9 cm.), with
Bourke-White’s signature, in ink, on recto; in
the original duralumin frame, with the incised
plaque (and contemporary UV Plexiglas). 1931
[5,000/7,500]
The frame was made of “duralumin used in girder
construction of the United States airship Akron,
built by the Goodyear Zeppelin Corporation.”
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