Bourke-White, Margaret. Terminal Tower, 1928. gelatin silver print, Overall: 49.4 x 37.2 cm (19 7/16 x 14 5/8 in.); Matted: 76.2 x 61 cm (30 x 24 in.). Gift of Huntington Bank, 2003.361. Copyrighted undefined.

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Terminal Tower

1928

Margaret Bourke-White

Margaret Bourke-White (American, 1904–1971)

Photography

Terminal Tower, 1928. Margaret Bourke-White (American, 1904–1971). Gelatin silver print; overall: 49.4 x 37.2 cm (19 7/16 x 14 5/8 in.); matted: 76.2 x 61 cm (30 x 24 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Huntington Bank 2003.361 © Estate of Margaret Bourke-White / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY Bourke-White made numerous photographs of the newly completed Terminal Tower, at that time the second tallest building in America. Here she places it at the apex of a visual pyramid, as if ascending from a smoky pit, flanked by the Detroit-Superior Bridge and smokestacks in the Flats. The tower symbolizes Cleveland’s industrial power and meteoric rise from a small settlement to a modern, progressive city. This is the largest known print of Margaret Bourke-White’s iconic photograph of Cleveland.

Maker/Artist: Bourke-White, Margaret
Classification: Photograph
Formatted Medium: gelatin silver print
Medium: gelatin, silver, print
Dimensions: Overall: 49.4 x 37.2 cm (19 7/16 x 14 5/8 in.); Matted: 76.2 x 61 cm (30 x 24 in.)
Departments: Photography
Accession Number: 2003.361
Credit Line: Gift of Huntington Bank
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