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Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
LEWIS W. HINE (1874-1940) Oyster Shucking on the Gulf Coast. Silver print, the image measuring 13 3/4x10 1/2 inches (34.9x26.7 cm.), with a numeric notation in blue pencil on recto, and with Hine's Interpretive Photography stamp, his title, and another number in pencil on verso. Circa 1915; printed 1930s
Provenance: From the Collection of Romana Javitz; by descent to the Present Owner
Romana Javitz (1903-80) was curator of The New York Public Library's Picture Collection from 1928-68, where she assembled one of the most historically important and artistically significant collections of 20th-century photographs. An early champion of photography who said "great photography ranks with great art," she established personal relationships with Dorothea Lange, Lewis Hine, and Berenice Abbott, encouraging artists to bring her work, which she subsequently purchased for the library.
