Lot 31
San Francisco Social Security Office
Sold
$16,510
Est $10,000 - $15,000
Live Auction
PHOTOGRAPHS
ARTIST
Dorothea Lange
Size
8 1/2 x 7 5/8 in. (21.6 x 19.4 cm)
Description
PHOTOGRAPHS FROM A PROMINENT NEW YORK COLLECTION

Lange's caption on the verso reads: 'Photographed Jan. 4, 1938, San Francisco, California. Men, jobless, line up to file claims for unemployment insurance.'

Medium
Gelatin silver print.
Signature
Signed, dated, captioned, annotated with the photographer's '2706 Virginia St., Berkeley, California' address and 'Photograph by Dorothea Lange, 1163 Euclid Avenue, Berkeley, California, Telephone Landscape 4-3880' credit stamp on the reverse of the flush-mount.
Provenance
Family of the artist, San Francisco Edwynn Houk Gallery, Chicago, 1989
Literature
Pierre Borhan, Dorothea Lange: The Heart and Mind of a Photographer, p. 63