Lot 101
  • 101

Dorothea Lange

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description

  • Dorothea Lange
  • DEATH IN THE DOORWAY, GRAYSON, CALIFORNIA
  • Gelatin silver print
  • 10 1/2 x 13 3/8 inches
with the photographer's '1963 Euclid Avenue, Berkeley, California' studio stamp and numerical notations in pencil on the reverse, framed, 1938, printing date unknown (Photographs of a Lifetime, p. 111, the full negative)

Condition

This photograph is on double-weight paper with an egg-shell texture and faint surface sheen. In raking light, a small crease in the upper right quadrant is visible. There is very faint silvering along the upper edge of the image. The margin corners are worn and the upper paper-ply is folded back at the tips. The following numerical notations are written in pencil on the reverse: '38063' (circled); and 'Med G3 f''/20.' When examined under ultraviolet light, it is difficult to discern if this print appears to fluoresce faintly.
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