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MARGARET BOURKE–WHITE (1904–1971)
Three images of Reuben Nakian's sculpture of Babe Ruth, c. 1934
Full view of sculpture:
gelatin silver print, mounted on paper
signed in pencil [partially trimmed off] (mount, recto); stamped photographer's credit and credited, titled, dated and annotated 'Gift of Dorothy C. Miller' in pencil (mount, verso)
image/sheet: 13 3/8 x 9 3/8 in. (33.9 x 23.8 cm.)
mount: 14 1/2 x 10 1/4 in. (36.8 x 26 cm.)

Detail view of torso and legs:
gelatin silver print
stamped photographer's credit and credited, titled, dated and annotated 'Gift of Dorothy C. Miller' in pencil (verso)
image/sheet: 13 3/8 x 9 3/8 in. (33.9 x 23.8 cm.)

Detail view of arms holding bat:
gelatin silver print
annotated 'Nakian 1930s/Babe Ruth [detail]/plaster, destroyed' in ink and credited, titled, dated and annotated 'Gift of Dorothy C. Miller' in pencil (verso)
image/sheet: 9 3/8 x 13 1/4 in. (23.8 x 33.6 cm.)



Provenance
Gifted by Dorothy Miller.
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