Egypt

1963

Dorothea Lange

Associated Names
Dorothea Lange

Artist, American, 1895 - 1965

The image shows an elderly woman standing behind a mud-brick wall. She is looking at the camera with a gentle expression. She is wearing a dark shawl that covers her head and body. The background shows earthen structures and vegetation on uneven ground.
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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. (Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York); Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser, Van Nuys, CA, 4 June 2011; gift to NGA, 2016.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1966

  • Dorothea Lange: The Museum of Modern Art, January 26-April 10, 1966

2023

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

Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, top left in graphite: 192; center in graphite underlined: 137.; lower right in graphite: 139; bottom left in graphite: E66.192.1; bottom center in graphite: DLA-00114-SP

Wikidata ID

Q64146856

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