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Margaret Bourke-White — The Living Dead at Buchenwald

Margaret Bourke-White

The Living Dead at Buchenwald

Margaret Bourke-White's powerful gelatin silver print documenting the liberation of Buchenwald concentration camp, showing survivors in the aftermath of Holocaust atrocities. This seminal work serves as crucial visual testimony to one of history's darkest chapters.

Medium
Gelatin silver print, printed no later than 1962.
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Auction House · Phillips

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October 12, 2022

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Margaret Bourke-White, The Living Dead at Buchenwald

Margaret Bourke-White's powerful gelatin silver print documenting the liberation of Buchenwald concentration camp, showing survivors in the aftermath of Holocaust atrocities. This seminal work serves as crucial visual testimony to one of history's darkest chapters.

Medium
Gelatin silver print, printed no later than 1962.
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Margaret Bourke-White, Documentary Photography, Gelatin Silver Print, Buchenwald, War Photography, Historical Documentation, Holocaust, Photojournalism

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Art Institute of Chicago