War Babies, Richmond, California

1944, printed c. 1965

Dorothea Lange

Associated Names
Dorothea Lange

Artist, American, 1895 - 1965

The image displays three individuals and two infants outdoors. Two women are standing and holding infants wrapped in blankets. Both women have curly hair and are dressed in jackets. The infants are wrapped in blankets, one wearing a hood. In front of the women stands a young child in a coat. The background shows utility poles, a lamp post, buildings, and the edge of a canopy.
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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dorothea Lange, Berkeley, CA; by descent to The Lange Family Collection, CA, 1965. (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, January 26-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 in graphite: 40; top right in graphite: X1318; center in graphite underlined: 40.; lower center in graphite: 119; bottom left in graphite: E44.40.1; bottom left in graphite: EHG 36

Wikidata ID

Q64146789

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