On the Plains a Hat Is More Than a Covering
1938, printed c. 1965
Dorothea Lange
Artist, American, 1895 - 1965
Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image/sheet: 32 × 26.3 cm (12 5/8 × 10 3/8 in.)
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Accession Number
2016.191.24
More About this Artwork
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Artwork history & notes
Provenance
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. (RoseGallery, Santa Monica, CA); Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser, Van Nuys, CA, 20 March 2004; gift to NGA, 2016.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1966
Dorothea Lange: The Museum of Modern Art, January 26-April 10, 1966
2023
Dorothea Lange: Seeing People, National Gallery of Art, Washington; Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, 2023 - 2024, unnumbered catalogue.
Inscriptions
on verso, by unknown hand, upper left in graphite: 157; center crossed out: 17; bottom center: 85; lower left: E66.157.1; lower right: R611817
Wikidata ID
Q64146745