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BEN SHAHN (1898-1969)
Group of 3 F.S.A. photographs.
With an image of three rugged men in front of a rundown general
store, an unemployed trapper lying down with a box of cigarettes, and a little girl staring longingly
through a paneless window frame. Ferrotyped silver prints, each approximately 7x9 inches (17.8x22.9
cm.), each with Associated Press and Rural Resettlement hand stamps, date stamps, the RA numbers,
in pencil, and typed caption labels mounted to verso. 1936 (3)
[3,000/4,500]
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WALKER EVANS (1903-1975)
Church,Alabama.
Silver contact print, sheet size 10x8 inches (25.4x20.3 cm.). 1936
[5,000/7,500]
Accompanied by a handwritten note from Mia Agee:“Photograph and print made byWalkers Evans,
early 1930s. Given to Mary Newman by Mia Agee—Christmas 1975. From the Agee Collection.”
The note is signed by Mia Agee and dated December 1975.
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