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LL/43870
Margaret Bourke-White
1931
U.S.S. Airship Akron

Gelatin silver print, warm-toned, framed
17 1/4 x 22 3/4 ins (43.8 x 58.4 cm)
 
Swann Galleries - New York
Important Photobooks & Photographs, May 19, 2011, Sale 2248 Lot: 269
 
With Bourke-White's signature, in ink, on recto; in the original duralumin frame, with the caption plaque.
 
The original plaque reads, "Winner-Robert Hauck, Third Annual Goodyear Dealers Zeppelin Race, July-August 1931. This frame is made of duralumin used in girder construction of the United States airship 'Akron' built by the Goodyear Zeppelin Corporation."
 
LL/43870


 

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