21st Nov, 2025 17:00

OstLicht Photo Auction Autumn 2025

 
  Lot 52
 

DOROTHEA LANGE (1895–1965)
'Migrant Mother', near Nipomo, California 1936

Estimate
€3,000 - €4,000
 

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Lot details

Start price: € 2,000

Estimate: € 3,000–4,000

English:

Gelatin silver print, printed in the 1970s on single-weight, glossy paper 27 x 21.4 cm, in good condition. Titled and noted "printed 1960" in pencil by an unidentified hand, as well as stamp "Reproduced from the Collections of the Library of Congress" on the reverse. LITERATURE Therese T. Heyman, Celebrating a Collection: The Work of Dorothea Lange, ed. by Oakland Museum 1978, p. 61; Robert Coles, Dorothea Lange: Photographs of a Lifetime, Aperture 1998, p. 77; Heyman, Phillips, Szarkowski, Dorothea Lange: American Photographs, cat. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 1994, pl. 1; Peter Galassi, Luc Sante, American Photography 1890-1965, cat. Museum of Modern Art 1995, p. 148; Dorothea Lange: The Human Face, Valle d'Aosta 1998, p. 99; Pierre Borhan, Sam Stourdzé et al, Dorothea Lange: The Heart and Mind of a Photographer, Bulfinch 2002, p. 133.

Deutsch:

Silbergelatineabzug, geprintet in den 1970ern auf dünnem, glänzendem Papier, in gutem Zustand. Rückseitig von unbekannter Hand mit Bleistift betitelt und beschriftet "printed 1960" sowie Stempel "Reproduced from the Collections of the Library of Congress". LITERATUR Therese T. Heyman, Celebrating a Collection: The Work of Dorothea Lange, Kat. Oakland Museum 1978, S. 61; Robert Coles, Dorothea Lange: Photographs of a Lifetime, Aperture 1998, S. 77; Heyman, Phillips, Szarkowski, Dorothea Lange: American Photographs, Kat. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 1994, pl. 1; Peter Galassi, Luc Sante, American Photography 1890-1965, Kat. Museum of Modern Art 1995, S. 148; Dorothea Lange: The Human Face, Valle d'Aosta 1998, S. 99; Pierre Borhan, Sam Stourdzé et al, Dorothea Lange: The Heart and Mind of a Photographer, Bulfinch 2002, S. 133.

Image Size: 26 x 20.3 cm

 

Auction: OstLicht Photo Auction Autumn 2025, 21st Nov, 2025

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