Migratory pea pickers, Nipomo, California

March 1936

Dorothea Lange

Artist, American, 1895 - 1965

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(RoseGallery, Santa Monica, CA); Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser, Van Nuys, CA, 22 November 2014; gift to NGA, 2016.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2002

  • Keller, Judith. Dorothea Lange: Photographs from the J. Paul Getty Museum. Los Angeles, 2002: 27.

Inscriptions

on verso, by Dorothea Lange, top right in graphite inverted: Transients; by Dorothea Lange, upper center in graphite: Pea workers in Calif. / "Mam, I've picked near from / Calipatria to Ukiah, this / life is simplicity boiled / down.; top right printed in black ink: RA 1804C; by unknown hand, center in graphite: RA 1904C; lower center stamped in black ink: Kindly use the following credit line: / RESETTLEMENT ADMINISTRATION PHOTOGRAPH BY Lange [underlined]; bottom left in graphite: GCP23648; bottom center in graphite: PE77871-222

Wikidata ID

Q64146908

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