![[Erla concentration camp, Leipzig-Mochau, Germany]](/internal/media/dispatcher/84146/preview)
[Erla concentration camp, Leipzig-Mochau, Germany]
Artist
Margaret Bourke-White
(American, 1904–1971)
Date1945 (negative), ca. 1965 (print)
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 18 3/4 × 13 3/4 inches (47.6 × 35 cm);
Mount (Matted): 27 15/16 × 22 1/16 inches (71 × 56 cm)
Mount (Matted): 27 15/16 × 22 1/16 inches (71 × 56 cm)
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineGift of the artist, Class of 1927, and LIFE Magazine
Terms
- Photographs
- Gelatin silver prints
- Death
- Fences
- Leipzig -Mochau, Germany
Object number65.587
Collections
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