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[Margaret Bourke-White practices spinning with Sita, Gandhi's granddaughter]
[Margaret Bourke-White practices spinning with Sita, Gandhi's granddaughter]

[Margaret Bourke-White practices spinning with Sita, Gandhi's granddaughter]

Artist (American, 1904–1971)
Date1946-48 (negative); ca. 1965 (print)
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 10 1/2 × 13 3/8 inches (26.7 × 34 cm);
Mat: 14 × 18 inches (35.6 × 45.7 cm)
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineGift of the artist, Class of 1927, and LIFE Magazine
Terms
  • Photographs
  • Gelatin silver prints
  • Female portraits
  • Artists
  • Spinning
  • Spinning wheels
Object number65.649
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