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Dorothea Lange

American · 1895–1965 · Photographer

Dorothea Lange was an American documentary photographer and photojournalist, best known for her Depression-era work for the Farm Security Administration (FSA). Lange's… (Wikipedia)

$337,500≈ £256,967≈ €300,829Sign uprecord price · incl. premiumMigrant Mother, Nipomo, CaliforniaPhillips220auction results2009–2026years recorded60%sold (132)$7.6kSign up free to seemedian price

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  1. Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California by Dorothea Lange, 1936, Gelatin silver print, likely an early print, sold Apr 2019Migrant Mother, Nipomo, CaliforniaPhillips · $337,500≈ £256,967≈ €300,829Sign up to see
  2. White Angel Breadline by Dorothea Lange, 1933, Gelatin silver print, printed no later than 1957, sold Apr 2019White Angel BreadlinePhillips · $200,000≈ £152,277≈ €178,269Sign up to see
  3. A Sign of the Times–Mended Stockings, Stenographer, San Francisco by Dorothea Lange, 1934, Gelatin silver print, sold Apr 2019A Sign of the Times–Mended Stockings, Stenographer, San FranciscoPhillips · $125,000≈ £95,173≈ €111,418Sign up to see

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  1. Selected images by Dorothea Lange, 1941-1942, Four gelatin silver prints, one printed later, sold Oct 2016
    Selected images, 1941-1942
    Photograph
    Each approximately 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (19.1 x 24.1 cm) or the reverse
    Phillips · · Lot 47
    $10,625≈ £8,355≈ €9,477Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $7,000–9,000View at Phillips ↗
  2. Crossroads Store, Alabama by Dorothea Lange, 1937, Gelatin silver print, printed later, sold Apr 2016
    Crossroads Store, Alabama, 1937
    Photograph
    6 3/4 x 9 1/2 in. (17.1 x 24.1 cm)
    Phillips · · Lot 196
    $27,500≈ £19,268≈ €24,165Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $12,000–18,000View at Phillips ↗
  3. Migrant Mother, Nipoma, California by Dorothea Lange, 1936, Gelatin silver print, printed 1964, sold Dec 2014
    Migrant Mother, Nipoma, California, 1936
    Photograph
    9 3/8 x 7 5/8 in. (23.8 x 19.4 cm)
    Phillips · · Lot 73
    $3,000≈ £1,921≈ €2,447Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $1,000–2,000View at Phillips ↗
  4. Torso, San Francisco (Constance Dixon) by Dorothea Lange, 1923, Silbergelatineabzug, 1950er–1960er Jahre, sold Nov 2014
    Torso, San Francisco (Constance Dixon), 1923
    Photograph
    22,9 × 18 cm
    Grisebach · · Lot 2102
    €6,000≈ $7,485≈ £4,746Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €6,000–8,000View at Grisebach ↗
  5. Oak Tree at 1163 Euclid Ave., Berkeley by Dorothea Lange, 1957, Gelatin silver print, not signed, sold Jul 2014
    Oak Tree at 1163 Euclid Ave., Berkeley, 1957
    Photograph
    11 1/4 x 14 5/8in
    Bonhams · · Lot 2140
    $875≈ £512≈ €647Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $800–1,200View at Bonhams ↗
  6. Family at Settlement by Dorothea Lange, circa 1930s, Gelatin silver print, sold Apr 2014
    Family at Settlement, circa 1930s
    Photograph
    7 3/8 x 9 5/8 in. (18.7 x 24.4 cm)
    Phillips · · Lot 46
    $5,625≈ £3,382≈ €4,079Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $6,000–8,000View at Phillips ↗
  7. Migratory Cotton Worker, Eloy, Arizona by Dorothea Lange, 1940, Gelatin silver print, presumably printed 1950s, sold Apr 2014
    Migratory Cotton Worker, Eloy, Arizona, 1940
    Photograph
    10 3/8 x 13 1/4 in. (26.4 x 33.7 cm)
    Phillips · · Lot 47
    $37,500≈ £22,550≈ €27,194Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $30,000–50,000View at Phillips ↗
  8. Irish Farmer carting hay by Dorothea Lange, 1955, Vintage. Silbergelatineabzug, sold Nov 2013
    Irish Farmer carting hay, 1955
    Photograph
    26,7 × 34,4 cm
    Grisebach · · Lot 2079
    €3,125≈ $4,249≈ £2,606Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €2,500–3,500View at Grisebach ↗
  9. Funeral Cortege, End of an era in a small valley town, California by Dorothea Lange, 1938, Large-format gelatin silver print, printed circa 1960, sold Oct 2013
    Funeral Cortege, End of an era in a small valley town, California, 1938
    Photograph
    16 1/4 x 15 1/2 in. (41.3 x 39.4 cm)
    Phillips · · Lot 4
    $33,750≈ £20,779≈ €24,900Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $30,000–50,000View at Phillips ↗
  10. A Mississippi delta cabin – like hundreds more by Dorothea Lange, Um 1936, Vintage. Silbergelatineabzug, sold May 2013
    A Mississippi delta cabin – like hundreds more, Um 1936
    Photograph
    20,4 × 19,6 cm
    Grisebach · · Lot 2066
    €3,660≈ $4,740≈ £3,136Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €3,000–4,000View at Grisebach ↗

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About Dorothea Lange

Dorothea Lange was an American documentary photographer and photojournalist, best known for her Depression-era work for the Farm Security Administration (FSA). Lange's photographs influenced the development of documentary photography and humanized the consequences of the Great Depression.

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In museum collections

  • Dorothea Lange, Abandoned Farm in the Dustbowl, Coldwater District, near Dalhart, Texas, JuneAbandoned Farm in the Dustbowl, Coldwater District, near Dalhart, Texas, June, 1938, printed ca. 1972
    The Metropolitan Museum of Art · CC0
  • Dorothea Lange, Pea Pickers Line Up on Edge of Field at Weigh Scale, near Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California, FebruaryPea Pickers Line Up on Edge of Field at Weigh Scale, near Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California, February, 1939, printed ca. 1972
    The Metropolitan Museum of Art · CC0
  • Dorothea Lange, Cotton Pickers’ Camp, Nipomo CaliforniaCotton Pickers’ Camp, Nipomo California, 1936-02
    Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam · Public domain
  • Dorothea Lange, Pea Pickers Line Up on Edge of Field at Weigh Scale, near Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California, FebruaryPea Pickers Line Up on Edge of Field at Weigh Scale, near Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California, February, 1939
    Metropolitan Museum of Art · Public domain

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