Everyone can appreciate the good things in life: relaxation, good friends, and a strong drink. This was the purpose of the Crystal Palace Saloon when it was built in 1882, in the rough-and-tumble times of the Wild West. Fast forward just over half a century later, only a few years after Prohibition was repealed, and in walks Dorothea Lange.
In many ways, this image is different from Lange's previous editions: this image captures a rare moment of leisure, of indoors entertainment and relaxation, instead of the idyllic American countryside or attentive school children at work. Yet the air of camaraderie so often evoked by Lange's images can still be seen in the easy lean of the men over the bar, the casual air of the bartender peering out over their shoulders at Lange as she walked through the doors of the Crystal Palace Saloon in 1938. As we said before, everyone can appreciate the good things in life, and Dorothea Lange captures that relatable humanity beautifully in all her images.
+ Limited-edition, exclusive to 20x200
+ Museum quality: archival inks, 100% cotton rag paper unless noted
+ Certificate of authenticity signed and numbered by our head curator is included
+ Handcrafted custom-framing is available
Our quoted dimensions are for the size of paper containing the images, not the printed image itself. We do not alter the aspect ratio, nor do we crop or resize the artists’ originals. All of our prints have a minimum border of .5 inches to allow for framing.
Medium:
Innova Fibraprint Warm Cotton Gloss
Edition Structure:
8"x8" | edition of 20
11"x11" | edition of 500
16"x16" | edition of 100
20"x20" | edition of 50