Oct 15, 2015 - Sale 2393

Sale 2393 - Lot 121

Price Realized: $ 4,940
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
WOLCOTT, MARION POST (1910-1990)
A select group of 3 photographs made for the F.S.A. Selenium-toned silver prints, each approximately 8x11 inches (20.3x27.9 cm.), the first 2 with Wolcott's signature, in pencil, on recto, and her signature, extended titles, dates, the RA number, and printing notations, on verso; the last with just her signature, title, and date, in pencil, on verso; the first with the inscription "For Jack." 1938; 1939; printed 1970s

Additional Details

"Coal Miner's Child Carrying Home Can of Kerosene, Company houses, Scotts Run, W. Va.," 1938; printed 1977 "Jitter bugging in a 'jook joint' on Sat. night, near Marcella Cotton plantation, Mileston, Miss.," 1939; printed 1978 "Mr. R.B. Whitley, in his general store, Wendell, N.C.," 1939; printed 1970s.

From the Family of Photographer and Educator Jack Welpott.

F. Jack Hurley, Marion Post Wolcott: A Photographic Journey, pgs. 32, 65, 156.