Dec 07, 2001 - Sale 1918

Sale 1918 - Lot 465

Price Realized: $ 1,265
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(STRAND, PAUL.) Group of 26 film stills from "Native Land," a Frontier Film co-directed by Paul Strand and Leo Hurwitz. Silver prints, 7 1/4x9 1/4 inches, most with printed captions, on recto.<\t>1940s

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Narrated by Paul Robeson, "Native Land" portrayed violations of the Bill of Rights, including union busting, corporate labor spying, and the prevalence of the Ku Klux Klan. The film represents the fervency of Strand's developing socialist ideas and his desire to portray the dignity of human life.<