Lace Factory (Primary Title)
Textiles - Russian U.S.S.R. (Primary Title)
Eyes on Russia (Series Title)
Margaret Bourke-White, American, 1904 – 1971 (Artist)
Margaret Bourke-White, American, 1904 – 1971 (Printer)
Margaret Bourke-White made an unprecedented second trip in 1931 to the Soviet Union, where she continued her visits to photograph factories. This journey resulted in a series of articles published in the New York Times Magazine, including “Silk Stockings in the Five-Year Plan,” a discussion of the growing number of women in the Soviet workforce. She reassured American readers that Russian women were able to work in factories and still maintain their femininity. Bourke- White’s photograph accomplishes much of the same, as a woman carefully examines a long drape of lace; its delicacy and refinement were understood as an appropriate concern for female laborers.
Signed by the photographer in graphite below image right, on mount: "Bourke - White".
Label with letterpress title affixed to mount verso: “Lace Factory, Moscow, / cutting selvedges".
Credit stamp in black ink on mount verso, below affixed label: “A / MARGARET BOURKE-WHITE / PHOTOGRAPH".
Annotated by the photographer in graphite below image left, on mount: "Textiles - Russian / U.S.S.R.".
Floyd D. and Anne C. Gottwald Fund
The Likeness of Labor, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, October 17, 2015 - April 10, 2016
Bourke-White, Margaret. "Eyes on Russia." New York: Simon and Schuster, 1931.
©artist or artist’s estate
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