Just arrived from Kansas, on highway going to potato harvest. Near Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon

September 1939

Dorothea Lange

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Dorothea Lange

Artist, American, 1895 - 1965

The image shows two young boys leaning over the wooden side of a covered wagon or structure. They are positioned side by side, facing forward with their arms resting on the wood. The boy on the left has short, light-colored hair and round facial features, while the boy on the right has slightly longer, curly hair of a similar light color. Both boys are wearing plaid shirts. There are no visible objects in the image except for the structure they are leaning on. The backdrop consists of a simple curved cover, likely canvas, with a plain sky in the background.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(John Cleary Gallery, Houston, TX); Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser, Van Nuys, CA, 21 January 2005; gift to NGA, 2016.

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Inscriptions

on verso, top left printed in black ink: Sept., 1939; top center printed in black ink: Lange; top right printed in black ink: Just arrived from Kansas. On highway going to potato / harvest. Near Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon; center left stamped in black ink: PLEASE NOTE: / Kindly Return Unused Photos / to the Division of Photography, / Office of War Information, / Washington, D.C.; by unknown hand, center in graphite: 21001-E; lower right stamped in black ink: PLEASE CREDIT / F.S.A. / FARM SECURITY ADMINISTRATION / PHOTO BY: LANGE; by unknown hand, bottom left in graphite: C0314

Wikidata ID

Q64146770

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