On the Great Plains, near Winner, South Dakota

1941, printed 1950s

Dorothea Lange

Associated Names
Dorothea Lange

Artist, American, 1895 - 1965

The image shows several wooden churches with tall steeples, viewed from a low angle. The horizon is low in the frame, emphasizing the open field beyond the buildings. The photograph has a monochromatic and somewhat grainy appearance, with fine details of the wood paneling visible on the structures. The color scheme is black and white, with a contrast between the buildings and the sky. The churches recede in size as they move towards the horizon, with cloudy sky above.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dorothea Lange, Berkeley, CA; by descent to family of Dorothea Lange, CA, 1965. (Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York); (Lee Gallery, Winchester, MA); Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser, Van Nuys, CA, 4 February 2008; gift to NGA, 2016.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1966

  • Museum of Modern Art. Dorothea Lange. Exh. cat. Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1966: 52.

1982

  • Hoffman, Michael E., ed. Dorothea Lange: Photographs of a Lifetime. New York, 1982: 123.

1985

  • Arrow, Jan. Dorothea Lange. London, 1985: n.p.

1994

  • San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Dorothea Lange: American Photographs. Exh. cat. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, 1994: pl. 112.

2013

  • Partridge, Elizabeth. Dorothea Lange: Grab a Hunk of Lightning: Her Lifetime in Photography. San Francisco, 2013: 132.

Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, top center in graphite: Lange; top right: Y1062; artist's stamp, stamped four times, center in black ink: PHOTOGRAPH BY / DOROTHEA LANGE / 1163 EUCLID AVENUE / BERKELEY / CALIFORNIA

Wikidata ID

Q64146788

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