Young migratory mother, originally from Texas. On the day before the photograph was made, she and her husband traveled 35 miles each way to pick peas. They worked 5 hours each and together earned $2.25. They have two young children...Live in auto camp, Edison, Kern County, California

April 11, 1940, printed c. 1950s

Dorothea Lange

Associated Names
Dorothea Lange

Artist, American, 1895 - 1965

The image depicts a woman's upper body, including her head, shoulders, and torso. She is facing the camera with a serious expression. She is wearing a light-colored headscarf, a dark, short-sleeved garment with a zippered front. The background shows a fabric-covered structure or tent and a weathered, solid structure, possibly made of wood. The lighting indicates that the scene is outdoors during the daytime.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser

  • Dimensions

    image: 24 × 18.75 cm (9 7/16 × 7 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 25.4 × 20.32 cm (10 × 8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2016.191.22

  • Series Title

    The American Country Woman

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, 20 March 2004; gift to NGA, 2016.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1967

  • Newhall, Beaumont. Dorothea Lange Looks at the American Country Woman. Fort Worth and Los Angeles, 1967: 33.

1994

  • San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Dorothea Lange: American Photographs. Exh. cat. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, 1994: pl. 41.

2002

  • Borhan, Pierre. Dorothea Lange, the Heart and Mind of a Photographer. Boston, 2002: 102.

Inscriptions

on verso, lower center stamped in black ink: PHOTOGRAPH BY / DOROTHEA LANGE / 1163 EUCLID AVENUE / BERKELEY / CALIFORNIA; by unknown hand, bottom right, in graphite: RG 12234; bottom right, along edge: NY - DL - 364; bottom right corner, along edge: MDL.104.Y

Wikidata ID

Q64146738

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