Former tenant farmer on relief grant in the Imperial Valley, California

March 1937

Dorothea Lange

Associated Names
Dorothea Lange

Artist, American, 1895 - 1965

The image shows a close-up portrait of an elderly man. He is facing the camera with prominent facial features, wrinkles, and weathered skin. His expression is neutral with a slightly furrowed brow. The man has thin, receding hair covered by a large hat, and he wears a collared shirt and a buttoned jacket. The background is out of focus, with indistinct shapes and a bright backdrop, suggesting an outdoor setting with sunlight creating contrasts and shadows.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dorothea Lange, Berkeley, CA; The Lange Family Collection, CA; (Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York); (Lee Gallery, Winchester, MA); Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser, Van Nuys, CA, 25 January 2006; gift to NGA, 2016.

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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: 24.

2002

  • Borhan, Pierre. Dorothea Lange, the Heart and Mind of a Photographer. Boston, 2002: 130.

Inscriptions

on verso, artist's stamp, center in black ink: PHOTOGRAPH BY / DOROTHEA LANGE / 1163 EUCLID AVENUE / BERKELEY / CALIFORNIA

Wikidata ID

Q64146782

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