Margaret Bourke-WhiteAmerican, 1904–1971Gaspé Peninsula
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Not on view at present
Where is “Gaspé Peninsula” now? Collection: The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Not on view at present. Checked September 22, 2026.
New York, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
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- Source
- The museum
Details
- Accession number
- 136.1974
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- The Museum of Modern Art
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In the life of Margaret Bourke-White
The whole life1939
Married: Erskine Caldwell
1939
The book “North of the Danube”
With Caldwell she travels through Germany, Austria and Czechoslovakia to record life under Nazism; the result is a travelogue about Czechoslovakia under the shadow of Nazi occupation.
1939–1942
J. Edgar Hoover files her among the “dangerous”
FBI director J. Edgar Hoover places her and her then husband Erskine Caldwell in a category of dangerous persons to be interned in the event of a future national emergency. For years agents read her mail, searched her luggage and kept informants, but found nothing incriminating: there was no indication she was ever active on behalf of the Communist Party.
1941
The only foreign photographer in Moscow at the invasion
She is the only foreign photographer in Moscow when German forces invade; taking refuge in the US Embassy, she photographs the ensuing firestorms.
May – September 1941
Returns to the USSR
She spends the period from May to September in the country; her visit coincides with Germany’s breach of the non-aggression pact.
1942
Divorces Erskine Caldwell
The marriage, contracted in 1939, ends in divorce; together they had produced three books.
