The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 18, 2025
"Hot Pigs," Otis Steel Company, Cleveland
1928
(American, 1904–1971)
Image: 34.3 x 25.7 cm (13 1/2 x 10 1/8 in.); Matted: 61 x 50.8 cm (24 x 20 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Levin 1986.219
© Estate of Margaret Bourke-White / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY
Location: Not on view
Description
A leading photographer of her generation, Bourke-White launched her highly successful career in Cleveland. Captivated by dramatic scenes of industrial production, she received permission to photograph activities at the Otis Steel Company, a major firm with a mill located on the shore of Lake Erie and another on the bank of the Cuyahoga River. These images caught the attention of Henry Luce, founder of Time, Fortune, and Life magazines, who hired her to work as a photojournalist.- Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E Hinson. Catalogue of Photography. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996. Reproduced: P. 102
- Year in Review for 1986. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 4-March 15, 1987).CMA, February 4 - March 15, 1987: "Year in Review 1986," CMA Bulletin, 74 (February 1987), p. 63, no. 59.
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