The American Way
Margaret Bourke-White, American, 1904 - 1971
1937, print before 1971
Gelatin silver print
Edition 6/200
Overall: 9 3/4 × 13 1/2 in. (24.8 × 34.3 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Harry Shafer Fisher 1966 Memorial Fund
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PH.972.65
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Photograph
Research Area
Photograph
Not on view
Course History
SART 29, Photography I, Virginia Beahan, Spring 2012
SART 30, SART 75, Photography II, III, Virginia Beahan, Spring 2013
SART 29, Photography I, Virginia Beahan, Summer 2013
SART 29, Photography I, Virginia Beahan, Winter 2014
SART 29, Photography I, Virginia Beahan, Summer 2014
SART 17.9, The Photographer as Activist: Making Art Inspired by the Hood Museum's Collection, Virginia Beahan, Winter 2015
SART 29, Photography I, Christina Seely, Winter 2015
ARTH 48.02, History of Photography, Katie Hornstein, Winter 2020
Exhibition History
A Selection of Photographs from the Hood Museum of Art, Jaffe-Friede Galleries, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, February 4-March 15, 1987.
A Self Portrait of America, Lower Jewett Corridor, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 18-September 16, 1984.
A Space For Dialogue 10, The Power of (Re)Construction: Changing Perceptions of Black-American Identity, Mercedes Duff, Class of 2003, Class of 1954 Hood Museum of Art Curatorial Intern, Main Lobby, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 18-February 16, 2003.
A Space for Dialogue 50, America: In Black and White?, Sarah Crnkovich, Class of 2009, Interpretation and Programming Intern, Main Lobby, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, April 30-May 31, 2009.
American Photography: 1850-1980, Barrows Gallery and Lower Jewett Corridor, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 26-May 20, 1982.
American Works on Paper to 1950: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art, Friends and Owen Robertson Cheatham Galleries, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 22-December 9, 2007.
By the Side of the Road, The Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, New Hampshire, June 23-October 22, 1978.
Cubism and Its Aftershocks, Citrin Family Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 26-April 21, 2019.
Hail, Holy Land: The Idea of America, Strauss and Barrows Galleries, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 27-September 7, 1980, catalogue.
Homage to Walker Evans, Lower Jewett Corridor, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, May 1975.
Looking Backward, Moving Forward: Women Photographers at the Hood Museum of Art, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 12-September 19, 2004.
On the Road, Lower Jewett Corridor, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 11-February 8, 1984.
Recent Acquisitions, Beaumont-May Gallery, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June-July 1972.
Signspotting: Twentieth-Century Photographs, Prints, and Paintings from the Collection, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 30-August 26, 2001.
The Photograph as Document, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, English 7, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, November 2-December 15, 1996.
Publication History
Washington D.C. Alumni Seminar Brochure, Alumni Continuing Education, Dartmouth College Printing & mailing Service, March 20, 1993
Mercedes Duff, A Space For Dialogue 10, The Power of (Re)Construction: Changing Perceptions of Black-American Identity, Hanover, New Hampshire: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, 2003, ill. p. 3.
Barbara J. MacAdam, American Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Muesum of Art, Hanover: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2007, p. 178, no. 148.
Provenance
Carl Siembab Gallery, Arlington Heights, Massachusetts; sold to present collection, 1972.
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