Live Auction 2076Important Photographs From a Private American Collection
DOROTHEA LANGE (1895-1965)
Lot 13 The contemplation of things as they are, without error or confusion, without substitution or imposture, is in itself a nobler thing than a whole harvest of invention. - Francis Bacon (1561-1626) posted on Dorothea Lange's darkroom door

DOROTHEA LANGE (1895-1965)

White Angel Breadline, San Francisco, 1933

Closed17 October 2007

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DOROTHEA LANGE (1895-1965)
White Angel Breadline, San Francisco, 1933
gelatin silver print, printed c. 1950
signed, dated 'May 1951' and inscribed 'For Chappie Packard, A patient man, and a help to photographers in many ways' in ink (on the reverse of the flush-mount)
13 1/8 x 10¼in. (33.3 x 25.8 cm.)

Specialist note

Chappie Packard worked in the California regional office of the Farm Security Administration, the U.S. government agency for which Lange photographed during the thirties.