Soon after returning from studying with Moholy-Nagy at the New Bauhaus in Chicago, Homer Page (1918-1985) was encouraged to take up photography full time by his friend and mentor, Dorothea Lange. His signature style of street photography in Oakland and San Francisco beginning in 1943 quickly came to the attention of Nancy Newhall and then Edward Steichen at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and his work was exhibited there frequently from 1946 through the mid 1950s. He was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1949 and spent a year photographing people on the streets of New York. We are pleased to offer a wide selection from an archive of Page’s work made in the San Francisco Bay area between 1944 and 1948 and a few prints from New York in 1949. Most of the prints are unique and demonstrate the stylized and penetrating vision of this remarkable documentary urban artist.
A wider selection of Page’s prints for sale can be seen upon request.
Homer Page
Street Discussion, San Francisco, 1945.
Superman Cinema, San Francisco, 1944
Man Smoking, San Francisco, 1945 RESERVED
Teen with Newspaper, Car, Oakland, 1944
Teen girl sitting on her bed, Oakland, ca. 1944 RESERVED
Juke Box and Phone Booth, Oakland, 1945
Car, San Francisco, 1945
Street Car, San Francisco, 1947. RESERVED
Newsboy selling papers to Ship Yard Workers, Oakland, 1945
Two Mannequins and Window Dresser, San Francisco, 1944
Looking Out, Oakland, 1944
1024, Old Storefront, Oakland, 1945
Woman in Motion on a Busy Street, San Francisco, 1945.
Ladies waiting for Street Car, San Francisco, 1945
Five pedestrians from above, San Francisco, 1945
Waiting to Board the Key Train, San Francisco, 1945
Walking By, San Francisco, 1945
Man Walking Below Billboards, San Francisco, 1947
Black Skirt and Gold Belt, San Francisco, 1945
Two Girls in Shorts and Slippers, Oakland, 1944
Winged Victory, Strutting, San Francisco, 1947.
Legs and Stocking Seams, Young and Old, San Francisco,1945
Woman in front of Peniel Mission Window, San Francisco, 1945
Man in Hat, Profile, San Francisco, 1948
Young Woman with Fur Collar, New York, 1949
Woman with Scarf, in a Crowd, New York, 1948
Commuters, On The Sidewalk, New York, 1949
New York, May 11, 1949
Man in Subway Passage, New York, 1949
Man Asleep on Bench, September 9, New York, 1949