Sale 1274
| New York
| New York
Estimate$8,000 – $12,000
Provenance:
Villa Grisebach, November 28, 2014, lot 230
Literature:
Dorothea Lange, The Museum of Modern Art, New York/ Doubleday, 1966, pl. 18
Borhan, Dorothea Lange: The Heart and Mind of a Photographer, Bulfinch Press, 2002, p. 50
One should really use the camera as though tomorrow you’d be stricken blind.
DOROTHEA LANGE
Neutral toned print on matte, double-weight paper, trimmed to edges. One or two very tiny edge chips; small specks of retouching, upper arm area; almost imperceptible traces of silver-mirroring; tiny pushpin holes upper and lower right corners -- all visible under close inspection or in a raking light only and not affecting the image significantly. A beautiful print in very good condition.
Sold framed, glazed with Plexiglas.
Frame dimensions: 16 1/2 x 14 1/4in.
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