Dispossessed Arkansas farmers. These people are resettling themselves on the dump outside of Bakersfield, California
1935
Artist, American, 1895 - 1965
Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
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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
2016.191.94
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
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