Cotton pickers and farm owners, Bakersfield, California

1938, printed c. 1950s

Dorothea Lange

Associated Names
Dorothea Lange

Artist, American, 1895 - 1965

The image shows two men standing outdoors. The man on the left is viewed from the side, wearing a light-colored long-sleeved shirt, dark pants, and a light-colored hat. The man on the right has his hands clasped behind his head and is also wearing a long-sleeved shirt, dark trousers, and a similar hat. The background is an open field under a clear sky. Another person in similar attire is partially visible to the far left of the image.
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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, 9 September 2004; 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

1982

  • Hoffman, Michael E., ed. Dorothea Lange: Photographs of a Lifetime. New York, 1982: 66.

2002

  • Borhan, Pierre. Dorothea Lange, the Heart and Mind of a Photographer. Boston, 2002: 115.

Inscriptions

on verso, center stamped in black ink: PHOTOGRAPH BY / DOROTHEA LANGE / 1163 EUCLID AVENUE / BERKELEY / CALIFORNIA; by unknown hand, bottom right in graphite: RG 12233; bottom right: MDL.0110.Y; bottom right corner: DL-C-ILL-144

Wikidata ID

Q64146763

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