Riley Savage, Toquerville, Utah

1953, printed c. 1965

Dorothea Lange

Associated Names
Dorothea Lange

Artist, American, 1895 - 1965

The image shows a man standing against a backdrop of wooden planks. His hair is white and sparse, with a receding hairline. His face has wrinkles and a slightly furrowed brow. He wears a light-colored, collared shirt under striped overalls. No jewelry or objects are visible in his hands. The background is rough, weathered wooden planks.
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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dorothea Lange, Berkeley, CA. (Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York); (Lee Gallery, Winchester, MA); Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser, Van Nuys, CA, 1 February 2007; gift to NGA, 2016.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1966

  • Dorothea Lange: The Museum of Modern Art, June 26, 1966- April 10, 1966

2023

  • Dorothea Lange: Seeing People, National Gallery of Art, Washington; Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, 2023 - 2024, unnumbered catalogue.

Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, top left corner in graphite: 130; top center: Lange; top right corner: X1044; center underlined: 175.; lower right: 65; bottom left corner: E66.130.1; bottom right corner, partially erased: 46

Wikidata ID

Q64146787

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