Browsing Tag Dorothea Lange

September 9, 2020

Highlights for both the new collector and the seasoned auction aficionado include photographs by Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Alma Lavenson and Dorothea Lange.

July 10, 2020

After 15 years with Swann, Deborah Rogal is stepping into the role of Director of our Photographs & Photobooks department. As she transitions into her new position we asked a few…

April 1, 2020

Dorothea Lange’s Migrant Mother is widely recognized as the most popular social documentary photograph of all time. During the course of her 40-year career, Lange’s style as a…

February 27, 2020

It was a Who’s Who among American photographers in Classic & Contemporary Photographs on Tuesday, February 25. The auction brought $1M and saw competitive bidding in the room and…

January 10, 2020

Photographs by outstanding American artists headline this auction: Berenice Abbott, Dawoud Bey, Margaret Bourke-White, Harry Callahan, Edward Steichen and Minor White.

October 22, 2019

Swann's Thursday, October 17 sale of Classic & Contemporary Photographs featured a broad range of photographic material including works by Edward S. Curtis, Irving Penn, Henri…

July 1, 2019

A season of firsts. The 2019 spring auction season at Swann Galleries delivered an impressive range of sales, rife with auction premiers and record prices. We started our season…

April 23, 2019

Martín Chambi & Images of South America  Lead Classic & Contemporary Photographs at Swann   Our sale…

March 5, 2019

At Auction April 18 Complete Catalogue   Our diverse April auction bridges classical and contemporary visual idioms with important work, including Robert Mapplethorpe’s Lisa…

February 27, 2019

A Record for Malick Sidibé in Swann Photo SaleVernacular albums of nineteenth-century India bring $30k  …