Grayson, San Joaquin Valley, California

1938, printed 1950s

Dorothea Lange

Associated Names
Dorothea Lange

Artist, American, 1895 - 1965

This image shows a wooden doorway with a person wrapped in a striped fabric lying at the base, showing only their feet. The setting is an old wooden structure with double doors that appear aged, textured, and worn. There is a person lying on a wooden platform in front of the doors, with only their feet visible. The image is in black and white.
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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, 29 December 2000; gift to NGA, 2016.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2002

  • Keller, Judith. Dorothea Lange: Photographs from the J. Paul Getty Museum. Los Angeles, 2002: 41.

Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, vertical along top left edge in graphite: UP

Wikidata ID

Q64146711

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