Vietnam

1958

Dorothea Lange

Associated Names
Dorothea Lange

Artist, American, 1895 - 1965

The image shows a woman's upper body and head. She is seated, slightly leaning forward, with her hand partially covering her mouth and cheek, her fingers gently resting on her face. Her eyes are wide open and looking directly at the camera. She has a lined face and wears a checkered scarf covering her hair and framing her face, with no visible hair outside the scarf. Her clothing appears to be dark, though the full design is not visible. She wears a simple ring on one of her fingers. The background consists of wooden planks.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dorothea Lange, Berkeley, CA; by descent to Helen Dixon, her daughter-in-law, CA, 1965. (RoseGallery, Santa Monica, CA); Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser, Van Nuys, CA, 8 May 2012; 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.

Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, top left in graphite: UP; center in graphite circled: 58187; bottom left in graphite: 10 RG 12976

Wikidata ID

Q64146870

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