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[The funeral pyre after Gandhi's death, India]
[The funeral pyre after Gandhi's death, India]

[The funeral pyre after Gandhi's death, India]

Artist (American, 1904–1971)
Date1948 (negative); ca. 1965 (print)
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 14 1/4 × 15 5/16 inches (36.2 × 38.9 cm);
Mount (Matted): 22 1/16 × 27 15/16 inches (56 × 71 cm)
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineGift of the artist, Class of 1927, and LIFE Magazine
Terms
  • Photographs
  • American
  • Gelatin silver prints
Object number65.583
Collections
[Lying in state, Gandhi's body is covered by the flag of the new India]
[Lying in state, Gandhi's body is covered by the flag of the new India]
Margaret Bourke-White
1948 (negative), ca. 1965 (print)
[Margaret Bourke-White practices spinning with Sita, Gandhi's granddaughter]
[Margaret Bourke-White practices spinning with Sita, Gandhi's granddaughter]
Margaret Bourke-White
1946-48 (negative); ca. 1965 (print)
Women and children looking down from a staircase as Gandhi's body is removed for his funeral, New Delhi, India
Women and children looking down from a staircase as Gandhi's body is removed for his funeral, New Delhi, India
Henri Cartier-Bresson
1948
Crowds attending Gandhi's funeral standing in the sacred river Jumna, New Delhi, India
Crowds attending Gandhi's funeral standing in the sacred river Jumna, New Delhi, India
Henri Cartier-Bresson
1948
[Mohandas Gandhi at his spinning wheel, Poona, India]
[Mohandas Gandhi at his spinning wheel, Poona, India]
Margaret Bourke-White
1946 (negative); ca. 1965 (print)
[Mohandas Gandhi on a morning stroll with his granddaughter Sita and grandniece Abbha, India]
[Mohandas Gandhi on a morning stroll with his granddaughter Sita and grandniece Abbha, India]
Margaret Bourke-White
1946-48 (negative); ca. 1965 (print)
[After coal had become scarce, the furnaces stood cold; cadavers accumulated, for death went on]
[After coal had become scarce, the furnaces stood cold; cadavers accumulated, for death went on]
Margaret Bourke-White
1945 (negative); ca. 1965 (print)
[Vyazma Russia: Mother and brother after having just learned of the death of four family members during an air raid on their town]
[Vyazma Russia: Mother and brother after having just learned of the death of four family members during an air raid on their town]
Margaret Bourke-White
ca. 1941
[Gandhi, his nephew Kanu, and his secretary Sushila Pai with Anis Ahmed, participating in twilight prayer]
[Gandhi, his nephew Kanu, and his secretary Sushila Pai with Anis Ahmed, participating in twilight prayer]
Margaret Bourke-White
1946-48 (negative), ca. 1965 (print)
Mahatma Gandhi spinning
Mahatma Gandhi spinning
Margaret Bourke-White
1946 (negative); printed later
Gandhi's body surrounded by flowers and seated women, New Delhi, India
Gandhi's body surrounded by flowers and seated women, New Delhi, India
Henri Cartier-Bresson
1948
[Muslim men pray toward Mecca, Delhi at Jami' Masjid, India]
[Muslim men pray toward Mecca, Delhi at Jami' Masjid, India]
Margaret Bourke-White
1946 (negative); ca. 1965 (print)