Texan refugees' car, they are seeking work in the carrot fields of the Coachella Valley, California
February 1937
Artist, American, 1895 - 1965
Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 19 × 24.5 cm (7 1/2 × 9 5/8 in.)
sheet: 20.32 × 25.4 cm (8 × 10 in.) -
Accession
2016.191.52
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Paul Hertzman, Inc., San Francisco, CA; (Lee Gallery, Winchester, MA); Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser, Van Nuys, CA, 1 February 2007; gift to NGA, 2016.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
on verso, by unknown hand, top center in graphite: #6789 / VINTAGE / $3000; vertical along left edge in blue pencil: [check mark] / X Photography By - Lange, Dorothea; vertical along left edge on white label with tape, typed in black ink: RA-16118-C Resettlement Administration Photo by Lange / "100 Years of Independence." / Texan refugees seek work in the carrot fields of Coachella Valley, / California. February, 1937.; center in graphite: Ra 16118-C; center right stamped in red ink: RETURN TO: / TIME, INC. / FILE; upper right perpendicular in graphite: OA #6454; vertical along right edge in blue pencil: AGRICULTURE - FARMERS - AMER - MIGRATORY - TRAVELING
Wikidata ID
Q64146786