1935 Print Wool Yarn American Woolen Knitting Textile Margaret Bourke-White Art - Original Halftone Print Review
1935 Print Wool Yarn American Woolen Knitting Textile Margaret Bourke-White Art - Original Halftone Print Feature
- Product Type: Original Halftone Print; Black / White
- Grade: Near Mint / Very Fine+
- Dimensions: Approximately 4 x 6.5 inches; 10 x 17 cm
- Authentication: Dual Serial-Numbered Certificates of Authenticity w/ Full Provenance
- Packaged in custom sleeve w/ archival black board (great for display, gift-giving, and preservation)
This is an original 1935 halftone print of wool being elongated at the American Woolen Company. The caption writes, "The wool is drawn out so fine that from a weight of four ounces a yard, it drops to one ounce in 320 yards." In the early 1900s, the American Woolen Company built the Wood Mill in Lawrence, Massachusetts, the largest textile mill of the time. The building and company is famous for its role in the 1912 Lawrence Textile Strike.
Photography by Margaret Bourke-White. Bourke-White was born in the Bronx, New York. Her interest in photography was propelled by her father's love of cameras, and her quest for self-improvement. Bourke-White became the first female war correspondent, and the first female photographer for Life magazine. She became the staff photographer and associate editor for Fortune from 1929 to 1935. During World War II, she took images in the combat zones, and was the only foreign photographer in Moscow when the German forces invaded; she was able to capture the ensuing battle. She is known for her images of Gandhi, and Mohammed Ali Jinnah. Her images portray amazing depth, and wonderful contrast, and can be seen in the Brooklyn Museum, the Museum of Modern At, the Library of Congress, and the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Please note that there is printing on the reverse.
