5/3/14

Margaret Bourke-White works lead Photographs Auction at Bonhams New York

Margaret Bourke-White works lead Photographs Auction at Bonhams New York: A Margaret Bourke-White gelatin silver print, “At the Time of the Louisville Flood, Kentucky,” 1937, made for "Life” magazine - and probably the most famous work of Bourke-White's career - achieved $161,000 and flew past a $10,000-15,000 estimate at Bonhams’ spring auction of Fine Photographs. The sale took place on April 29 at the Bonhams New York salesroom and grossed $970,650.

The sale’s leading print and another by Bourke-White, “Fort Peck Dam, Montana,” 1936, which graced the cover of "Life” in 1936, both achieved new international auction records. The latter brought $149,000, past a $7,000-9,000 estimate.