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Walker Evans & Martin J. Dale Photographs, 3
Estimate:
$1,000 - $2,000
Sold
$425
Live Auction
Flash! Photography Auction N.Y.C., October 23
Description
Three Photographs of Rural America, comprising: Walker Evans (American, 1903-1975), "Dora Mae Tengle (Sharecropper's Daughter)", Black and White Photograph, 1963, printed later, stamped "Reproduced from the Collections of the Library of Congress" to verso, Martin J. Dale (American, 1924-2000), Mississippi Penitentiary, Gelatin Silver Print, 1961, printed 1963, apparently unsigned, stamped "Photography Martin J. Dain" and "Copyright 1963, Martin J. Dain" to verso, and "Cotton Picking for Brown and Gin's Wholesale", Gelatin Silver Print, 1961, printed later, inscribed "Dain 3172/12" to verso. Largest image: 13.5" H x 9" W; sheet: 14" H x 11" W. Provenance: From the Estate of Charles Harbutt and Joan Lifton. Keywords: Photography, Photographer, Black and white photography, Photojournalism, Photo journalist, Figural, Figurative, History, Prisoners, American History, World History, Documentary, William Faulkner series, Photo series, Vintage