Sale 2458 - Art & Storytelling: Photographs & Photobooks, October 19, 2017

75 75 c (FARM SECURITY ADMINISTRATION) A pair of photographs made for the Farm Security Administration, including one each by Dorothea Lange and Walker Evans. Silver prints, the images measuring 7 1 / 2 x9 1 / 2 and 9 1 / 2 x6 inches (19.3x24.1 and 24.1x15.2 cm.), the sheets 8x10 and 14x11 inches (20.3x25.4 and 35.6x27.9 cm.), the first with Lange’s credit, title, date, and numeric notations, in pencil, in an unknown hand, and a Library of Congress hand stamp, on verso, and the second with a printed cover sheet from the series “Master Photographers.” 1936, 1937; printed 1970s [1,500/2,500] 74 c (FARM SECURITY ADMINISTRATION) Group of 3 images from the Master Photographs series, comprising one by Dorothea Lange and 2 by Walker Evans. Silver prints, the images measuring 9 1 / 2 x6 to 9 1 / 4 x7 3 / 4 inches (24.1x15.2 to 23.5x19.7 cm.), the sheets 14x11 inches (35.6x27.9 cm.), each is accompanied by the Library of Congress’ printed descriptive sheet, with background information about the photographer and image. 1936; printed 1979 [3,000/4,500] Lange’s Migrant Mother, 1936 * Evans’ Church Interior, Alabama, 1936 and Farmer’s Kitchen, Hale County, Alabama, 1936. 74