Chrysler Building, New York

Margaret Bourke-White

1930–31 · Gelatin silver print · Photographs

When Bourke-White moved from Cleveland to a studio atop the sparkling new Chrysler Building, she announced her arrival with a card to her friends and clients. Her new address appeared inside the card and on its cover was this example of her art. Her portrait of the Art Deco masterpiece is futuristic and somehow self-celebratory, a prediction à la Jules Verne of the rocket trajectory of her ascending career.

Artist

Margaret Bourke-White

Date

1930–31

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Department

Photographs

Credit line

Ford Motor Company Collection, Gift of Ford Motor Company and John C. Waddell, 1987