Dorothea Lange's Unseen Photos Go to Auction at Phillips
Phillips is auctioning over a hundred never-before-seen photographs from the family collection of Dorothea Lange. The online sale, Dorothea Lange: The Family Collection, is split into two sessions: the first runs from October 3 to 13, 2022, and the second is scheduled for April 2023. A highlight is the iconic White Angel Breadline (1933), which captures the poverty of the Great Depression. Also notable are photographs from Lange's travels with her second husband, Paul Taylor, in Ireland, Egypt, and Asia during the 1950s. The lots will be on view at Phillips on Park Avenue in New York from October 2 to 13. Lange is renowned for humanizing the social and economic hardships of the 1930s American Great Depression, including migrants displaced by the Dust Bowl and unemployed workers after the Wall Street crash.
Key facts
- Over 100 previously unseen photographs from Dorothea Lange's family collection are being auctioned.
- The auction is titled Dorothea Lange: The Family Collection and is held by Phillips.
- The sale is divided into two sessions: October 3–13, 2022, and April 2023.
- A key lot is White Angel Breadline (1933), an iconic image of Great Depression poverty.
- Other highlights include photographs from Lange's 1950s travels with Paul Taylor in Ireland, Egypt, and Asia.
- The photographs will be exhibited at Phillips on Park Avenue, New York, from October 2 to 13, 2022.
- Dorothea Lange documented the human impact of the Great Depression, including Dust Bowl migrants and unemployed workers.
- The auction offers collectors a rare opportunity to acquire iconic 20th-century photography.
Entities
Artists
- Dorothea Lange
- Paul Taylor
Institutions
- Phillips
Locations
- New York
- United States
- Ireland
- Egypt
- Asia
- Park Avenue