Campesino, Venezuela

1960

Dorothea Lange

Associated Names
Dorothea Lange

Artist, American, 1895 - 1965

The image depicts a man's face in a close-up shot. The man has prominent cheekbones, a strong jawline, and thin lips. He is tilting his head slightly back and to one side. His eyes are narrowed, and he has short, dark hair. The man is wearing a textured jacket or sweater with a zipped-up collar. In the background, there is an out-of-focus landscape resembling a grassy hill or mountainside under an overcast sky.
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Artwork overview

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.

Bibliography

1966

  • Museum of Modern Art. Dorothea Lange. Exh. cat. Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1966: 96.

2013

  • Partridge, Elizabeth. Dorothea Lange: Grab a Hunk of Lightning: Her Lifetime in Photography. San Francisco, 2013: 174.

Wikidata ID

Q64146886

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