Dorothea Lange and Paul S. Taylor, An American Exodus: A Record of Human Erosion (1939) "[Lange] is both a humanitarian and an artist. Her pictures of people show an uncanny perception, which is transmitted with immense impact on the spectator . . . Her pictures are both records of actuality and exquisitely sensitive emotional documents. Her pictures tell you of many things; they tell you these things with conviction, directness, completeness. There is never propaganda . . . If any documents of this turbulent age are justified to endure, the photographs of Dorothea Lange shall, most certainly."
—Ansel Adams, 1934Provenance
Collection of Dorothea Lange
By descent to the present ownersLiterature
Dorothea Lange and Paul Taylor, An American Exodus: A Record of Human Erosion, p. 47
Catalogue Essay
The photographs in Dorothea Lange: The Family Collection were in the photographer’s collection at the time of her death and thenceforth passed to her descendants. The images represent the entirety of Lange’s career as one of the foremost documentary photographers of the 20th century, from work made before her engagement with the Resettlement Administration, later the Farm Security Administration, in the 1930s, to the travel photography that absorbed her in her final years, as well as more personal images of her family. Each print bears a Family Collection stamp on the reverse.
Dorothea Lange: The Family Collection
12
Man in Hat on Street, Oklahoma
1938
Gelatin silver print, probably printed 1950's.
12 7/8 x 10 3/8 in. (32.7 x 26.4 cm)
Annotated 'Oklahoma,' possibly by the photographer, in ink and a family collection stamp on the reverse of the mount.
Estimate
$5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $6,300
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Dorothea Lange: The Family Collection
Online Auction 3 - 13 October 2022