Arkansas mother come to California for a new start, with husband and eleven children. Now a rural rehabilitation client. Tulare County, California

November 1938, printed c. 1960

Dorothea Lange

Associated Names
Dorothea Lange

Artist, American, 1895 - 1965

The image depicts the upper half of a woman's body. She is standing with her arms crossed in front of her, leaning against a wooden post. Her head is tilted slightly to her right. The woman has light-colored hair pulled back loosely, with some strands framing her face. Her facial expression is joyful, with laughter lines around her eyes and mouth. She is wearing a long-sleeved, loose-fitting shirt with a button-up front and a belt at the waist. The background shows a clear sky with a hint of a blurred landscape at shoulder level.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser

  • Dimensions

    image: 34.1 × 26.9 cm (13 7/16 × 10 9/16 in.)
    mount: 49.5 × 39.5 cm (19 1/2 × 15 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2016.191.16

  • Series Title

    The American Country Woman

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dorothea Lange's printer, 1960s; The Collection of Irwin Welcher; The Collection of Mick Ruxin, nephew of Welcher; (Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York); Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser, Van Nuys, CA, 19 June 2004; gift to NGA, 2016.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1966

  • Museum of Modern Art. Dorothea Lange. Exh. cat. Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1966: 31.

1967

  • Newhall, Beaumont. Dorothea Lange Looks at the American Country Woman. Fort Worth and Los Angeles, 1967: 61.

1982

  • Hoffman, Michael E., ed. Dorothea Lange: Photographs of a Lifetime. New York, 1982: 96.

1995

  • Davis, Keith F. The Photographs of Dorothea Lange. Kansas City, MO, 1995: 59.

2002

  • Borhan, Pierre. Dorothea Lange, the Heart and Mind of a Photographer. Boston, 2002: 58.

Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, bottom center in graphite: PF 25403

Wikidata ID

Q64146731

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