Dispossessed Arkansas farmers. These people are resettling themselves on the dump outside of Bakersfield, California

1935

Dorothea Lange

Artist, American, 1895 - 1965

Dorothea Lange

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser

  • Dimensions

    image: 24.1 × 18.8 cm (9 1/2 × 7 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 25.3 × 20.7 cm (9 15/16 × 8 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2016.191.94

  • Series Title

    An American Exodus

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The Collection of Marion Post Wolcott, 1939-40; The Collection of Ursula Gropper, Sausalito, CA, 1985; (sale, Christie's, New York, 7 April 2011); Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser, Van Nuys, CA; gift to NGA, 2016.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2023

  • Dorothea Lange: Seeing People, National Gallery of Art, Washington; Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, 2023 - 2024, unnumbered catalogue.

Bibliography

1939

  • Lange, Dorothea, and Paul Schuster Taylor. An American Exodus: A Record of Human Erosion. New York, 1939: 140.

2002

  • Borhan, Pierre. Dorothea Lange, the Heart and Mind of a Photographer. Boston, 2002: 116.

Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, center in graphite: 2328-C; handwritten by Marion Post Wolcott, lower center in graphite: This image was photographed by / Dorothea Lange, + has been in my / personal collection, acquired from / FSA in 1939-40. / Marion Post Wolcott / Original vintage FSA print.

Wikidata ID

Q64146840

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