Nettie Featherston, wife of a migratory laborer with three children, near Childress, Texas

June 1938, printed c. 1950s

Dorothea Lange

Associated Names
Dorothea Lange

Artist, American, 1895 - 1965

The image depicts a seated woman from the waist up in a doorway. Her hands are in her lap, head slightly tilted forward, looking downward. She has distinguished facial features, wavy hair, and wears a light-colored short-sleeved dress. The doorway surrounds her, contrasting light and shadows. There are no visible accessories or objects in her hands. Beyond the doorway, there is an indistinct dark area.
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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dorothea Lange, Berkeley, CA. (RoseGallery, Santa Monica, CA); Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser, Van Nuys, CA, 20 March 2004; gift to NGA, 2016.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2023

  • Dorothea Lange: Seeing People, Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, 2023 - 2024, unnumbered catalogue.

Bibliography

1982

  • Hoffman, Michael E., ed. Dorothea Lange: Photographs of a Lifetime. New York, 1982: 103.

2002

  • Borhan, Pierre. Dorothea Lange, the Heart and Mind of a Photographer. Boston, 2002: 124.

Inscriptions

on verso, center right stamped on angle in black ink: PHOTOGRAPH BY / DOROTHEA LANGE / 1163 EUCLID AVENUE / BERKELEY / CALIFORNIA; by unknown hand, bottom left corner in graphite: 5pc 10330; bottom right corner: DL-C-ILL-088

Wikidata ID

Q64146746

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