Migratory cotton picker, Eloy, Arizona

1940, printed 1950s

Dorothea Lange

Associated Names
Dorothea Lange

Artist, American, 1895 - 1965

The image shows a close-up of the upper part of a man's face and his hands. The man is partially facing forward with his left hand raised, covering his mouth and part of his nose. His eyes are visible. He has thick, dark eyebrows and short, dark hair which appears windswept. He is wearing a light-colored garment, which is only partially visible. His skin is textured, emphasizing the lines on his hand and face. The background is a plain, clear sky.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(RoseGallery, Santa Monica, CA); Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser, Van Nuys, CA, 4 June 2004; gift to NGA, 2016.

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Bibliography

1966

  • Museum of Modern Art. Dorothea Lange. Exh. cat. Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1966: 28.

1978

  • Heyman, Therese Thau, and The Oakland Museum. Celebrating a Collection: The Work of Dorothea Lange. Oakland, 1978: 47.

1982

  • Hoffman, Michael E., ed. Dorothea Lange: Photographs of a Lifetime. New York, 1982: 122.

1994

  • San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Dorothea Lange: American Photographs. Exh. cat. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, 1994: pl. 32.

1995

  • Davis, Keith F. The Photographs of Dorothea Lange. Kansas City, MO, 1995: 55.

2002

  • Borhan, Pierre. Dorothea Lange, the Heart and Mind of a Photographer. Boston, 2002: 135.

2013

  • Partridge, Elizabeth. Dorothea Lange: Grab a Hunk of Lightning: Her Lifetime in Photography. San Francisco, 2013: 92–93.

2014

  • Gordon, Linda. Dorothea Lange. New York, 2014: 51.

Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, top center in red pencil: c III 6/5; center typed in black ink on white paper: LANGE MOMA 473.59 / He has picked cotton all day and / stands at the edge of the field by the / cotton wagon. Eloy, Ariz= 1940; by unknown hand, lower left in graphite: Dorothea Lange / Migratory Cotton Picker, Eloy, Arizona 1940 (BAE)

Wikidata ID

Q64146751

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