End of shift, 3:30, shipyard construction workers, Richmond, California

September 1943

Dorothea Lange

Associated Names
Dorothea Lange

Artist, American, 1895 - 1965

The image depicts a large group of people descending wooden stairs. The individuals are closely packed and many are wearing work clothes, including jackets, shirts, and overalls. Several people are wearing hard hats or caps, and a few are holding personal items. There is a variety of facial features and hairstyles among the individuals. Some have short hair while others have styled hair. A few people have eyeglasses, and one woman is wearing sunglasses. Some of the men have mustaches. The image is captured in black and white, emphasizing the working-class attire and expressions of the individuals. The background is not detailed as the crowd fills the scene, suggesting a busy or communal moment.
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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dorothea Lange, Berkeley, CA; by descent to the Dixon family, CA, 1965; (RoseGallery, Santa Monica, CA); Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser, Van Nuys, CA, 29 December 2000; 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: 56.

1982

  • Hoffman, Michael E., ed. Dorothea Lange: Photographs of a Lifetime. New York, 1982: 126.

1994

  • San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Dorothea Lange: American Photographs. Exh. cat. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, 1994: pl. 96.

2014

  • Gordon, Linda. Dorothea Lange. New York, 2014: 79.

Inscriptions

by unknown hand, top right corner along image in black pencil: R 682; across bottom, along image, faded: [arrow to left edge] ( 3 1/2 ) [arrow to right edge]; on verso, across top in graphite underlined: CREDIT: ; across top: DOROTHEA LANGE; top right corner in blue ink circled: P. 682; top right circled: 47%; bottom right stamped in red ink: 4366; bottom right corner on white label in graphite: F70

Wikidata ID

Q64146708

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