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CONSUELO KANAGA (1894-1978) Fire.
Estimate:
$2,000 - $3,000
Passed
Live Auction
Fine Photographs
Description
Descript: CONSUELO KANAGA (1894-1978)
Fire. Silver print, the image measuring 4¾x3¾ inches (12.1x9.6 cm.), the mount 10x8 inches (25.4x20.3 cm.), with Kanaga's signature, in pencil, on mount recto. 1925; printed circa 1960
Footnote: Consuelo Kanaga worked as a reporter and then staff photographer for the San Francisco Chronicle starting in 1915. There she became a member of the city's artistic community, including Imogen Cunningham, Dorothea Lange, and Edward Weston. Later, in New York, Alfred Stieglitz would also exert a strong influence over the trajectory of her work as an artist. Kanaga's oeuvre was eclectic, but she is remembered today as a champion of civil rights, documenting social inequities with sensitivity and compassion.
Footnote: Consuelo Kanaga worked as a reporter and then staff photographer for the San Francisco Chronicle starting in 1915. There she became a member of the city's artistic community, including Imogen Cunningham, Dorothea Lange, and Edward Weston. Later, in New York, Alfred Stieglitz would also exert a strong influence over the trajectory of her work as an artist. Kanaga's oeuvre was eclectic, but she is remembered today as a champion of civil rights, documenting social inequities with sensitivity and compassion.
