Phillips Presents Dorothea Lange: The Family Collection, Featuring Never-Before-Seen and Iconic Images Spanning Lange’s Career
Over 100 Works from the Personal Collection of the Photographer’s Descendants to be Sold Across Two Online-Only Sales
Bidding Open from 3 to 13 October Alongside Public Exhibition at 432 Park Avenue
White Angel Breadline, San Francisco, 1933 Estimate: $20,000 - 30,000
NEW YORK – 6 SEPTEMBER 2022 – Phillips is pleased to announce the sale of Dorothea Lange: The Family Collection, a trove of over 100 photographs coming directly from the descendants of this seminal American photographer. The collection will be sold in two separate online offerings scheduled alongside Phillips’ October 2022 and April 2023 Photographs auctions in New York. The first of these two online-only sales will be exhibited at Phillips’ Park Avenue galleries in New York from 2-13 October, with bidding open on 3 October.
The sale also includes an unprecedented selection of her international photography, begun in the 1950s, when she traveled with Paul Taylor to Ireland, Egypt, and Asia, creating a panoramic portrait of humanity across all cultures.
Born in Hoboken in 1895, Dorothea Lange learned to photograph as a young woman before her departure for the west coast in 1918. Talented and ambitious, Lange opened a portrait studio that catered to San Francisco’s upper crust. After witnessing first-hand the social upheaval caused by the Depression, she took to the streets with her camera, taking images of labor demonstrations, the newly unemployed, and men, women, and children who were without home or income – images that would set the trajectory for the rest of her career.
Lange was witness to a world in transition and her camera captured it all. Her photographs show that the story of the 20th century is the story of the individuals: their struggle, their success, and their perseverance.
Auction: 3 – 13 October 2022 Auction viewing: 2 – 13 October 2022 Location: 432 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10022 Click here for more information: https://www.phillips.com/auctions/auction/NY040522 |