The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of March 28, 2024

"Hot Pigs," Otis Steel Co., Cleveland

"Hot Pigs," Otis Steel Co., Cleveland

1928
(American, 1904–1971)
Image: 34.1 x 25.8 cm (13 7/16 x 10 3/16 in.); Matted: 61 x 50.8 cm (24 x 20 in.)
© Estate of Margaret Bourke-White / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

“Pigs” were small, oblong blocks molded from surplus molten steel; a grouping of the molds resembled a litter of piglets.

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
  • Main Gallery Rotation (gallery 228): March 24, 2009 - December 7, 2009.
    Transformations in Cleveland Art, 1796-1946. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 19-July 21, 1996).
    Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, May 19 - July 21, 1996 "Transformations in Cleveland Art 1796-1946", p.113, fig. 115, p.245.
    Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 7-September 8, 1991).
    CMA, June 7 - September 8, 1991: "Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum."
    CMA, February 28 - April 15, 1990.
    Kansas City, MO, Nelson Atkins Museum of Art: December 3, 1989 - February 7, 1990.
    Ft. Worth, TX, Amon Carter Museum: September 16 - November 12, 1989.
    Riverside, CA, California Museum of Photography: April 8 - June 4, 1989.
    Hartford, CT, Wadsworth Atheneum: January 22 - Marach 19, 1989.
    St. Paul, MN, Minnesota Museum of Art: October 16, 1988 - January 1, 1989.
    Also to: Detroit, MI, Detroit Institute of Art: May 17 - July 10, 1988.
    New York International Center of Photography, March 4 - May 1, 1988: "Margaret Bourke-White."
    Urban Vicissitudes. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 2-September 29, 1985).
    Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, ME: September 3, 1982 - October 17, 1982.
    The Minneapolis Institute of Art: July 2, 1982 - August 15, 1982.
    The Toledo Museum of Art: April 30, 1982 - June 13, 1982.
    Also to: International Museum of Photography at George Eastmen House, Rochester, New York: December 18, 1981 - February 17, 1982.
    Williamstown, Massachusettes, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1981 - 1982, October 31, 1981 - December 6, 1981: "Cubism and American Photography," catalogue no. 6, repr. p. 48.
    130 Years of Ohio Photography. Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH (organizer) (December 1, 1978-January 3, 1979).
    Year in Review: 1972. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 27-March 18, 1973).
    CMA, February 27 - March 18, 1973: "Year in Review 1972," CMA Bulletin 60 (March 1973), p. 113, no. 244.
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1972.244