Children of the Weill public school shown in a flag pledge ceremony, San Francisco, California

April 1942, printed c. 1965

Dorothea Lange

Associated Names
Dorothea Lange

Artist, American, 1895 - 1965

This grayscale photograph shows a group of young girls standing close together. Their right hands are positioned over their hearts, their mouths are opened, and their eyes are looking up at something above us. The girl in the center of the image has short, dark hair with bangs, and is holding a paper bag in her left hand. She wears a plaid coat that reaches just below her knees, with the collar turned down. We can see the tops of her white socks. The other children also wear long coats or dresses. They stand on a flat, gray surface.
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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The Museum of Modern Art, New York; (RoseGallery, Santa Monica, CA); Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser, Van Nuys, CA, 6 January 2004; gift to NGA, 2016.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1966

  • Dorothea Lange: The Museum of Modern Art, January 26-April 10, 1966

2021

  • The New Woman Behind the Camera, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2021 - 2022, no. 34.

2023

  • Dorothea Lange: Seeing People, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2023 - 2024, unnumbered catalogue.

Bibliography

1966

  • Museum of Modern Art. Dorothea Lange. Exh. cat. Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1966: 55.

1982

  • Hoffman, Michael E., ed. Dorothea Lange: Photographs of a Lifetime. New York, 1982: 133.

1995

  • Davis, Keith F. The Photographs of Dorothea Lange. Kansas City, MO, 1995: 81.

2002

  • Keller, Judith. Dorothea Lange: Photographs from the J. Paul Getty Museum. Los Angeles, 2002: 55.

  • Borhan, Pierre. Dorothea Lange, the Heart and Mind of a Photographer. Boston, 2002: 171.

2006

  • Gordon, Linda, and Gary Y. Okihiro, editors. Impounded: Dorothea Lange and the Censored Images of Japanese American Internment. New York, 2006: 87.

Wikidata ID

Q64146732

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