Mar 23, 2010 - Sale 2208

Sale 2208 - Lot 88

Price Realized: $ 9,600
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 8,000 - $ 12,000
BOURKE-WHITE, MARGARET (1904-1971)
"Rims Stacked for Drying and Machining." Silver print, 9x11 3/4 inches (22.9x29.8 cm.), with 2 Fortune hand stamps, a label with the typed title, and notations, including Bourke-White's credit, in pencil, in an unknown hand, on verso. 1934
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This photograph was gifted to Steinway & Sons by the photographer; acquired from Swann Galleries, New York in 1992.
Bourke-White was assigned to the shoot the Steinway & Sons factory for Fortune magazine's December 1934 issue. The company, which was founded in March of 1853, will be celebrating its 157th birthday this year. Each masterfully crafted piano takes from 9 months to a year to complete.