Hand of dancer, Java, Indonesia

1958

Dorothea Lange

Associated Names
Dorothea Lange

Artist, American, 1895 - 1965

The image displays a close-up of a single human hand showing the inner palm and fingers. The hand is positioned with the fingers held together and the thumb tucked inward, presenting its front side. The background is a plain, light surface with no distinguishable features or objects present. There are no other body parts or additional details visible in this composition.
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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dorothea Lange, Berkeley, CA; by descent to family of Dorothea Lange, CA, 1965. (RoseGallery, Santa Monica, CA); Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser, Van Nuys, CA, 31 July 2003; 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: 95.

1982

  • Hoffman, Michael E., ed. Dorothea Lange: Photographs of a Lifetime. New York, 1982: 166.

1995

  • Davis, Keith F. The Photographs of Dorothea Lange. Kansas City, MO, 1995: 117.

Inscriptions

on verso, artist's stamp, center in black ink: PHOTOGRAPH BY / DOROTHEA LANGE / 1163 EUCLID AVENUE / BERKELEY / CALIFORNIA; by unknown hand, bottom right in graphite: RG 12235 / DL-C-ILL-216

Wikidata ID

Q64146735

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