![[The funeral pyre after Gandhi's death, India]](/internal/media/dispatcher/84142/preview)
[The funeral pyre after Gandhi's death, India]
Artist
Margaret Bourke-White
(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)
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
- Gelatin silver prints
- American
Object number65.583
Collections
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Margaret Bourke-White
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Margaret Bourke-White
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1946 (negative); ca. 1965 (print)
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Margaret Bourke-White
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