On the Great Plains, near Winner, South Dakota

1941, printed c. 1960s

Dorothea Lange

Associated Names
Dorothea Lange

Artist, American, 1895 - 1965

The image shows three wooden churches with steeples topped by crosses. The perspective is from the ground looking towards the churches. The largest church is on the right, with a tall steeple and an open door. Two smaller churches are in the distance, each with similar steeples. The horizon is low, creating a sense of openness. The sky has fluffy clouds, and the image is in black and white, emphasizing the contrast between the churches and the sky.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dorothea Lange, Berkeley, CA; private collection, CA; (Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York); Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser, Van Nuys, CA, 3 July 2009; 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, center stamped in black ink: PHOTOGRAPH BY / DOROTHEA LANGE / 1163 EUCLID AVENUE / BERKELEY / CALIFORNIA; by unknown hand, bottom center in graphite: DLA-00059-SP; bottom right, partially erased: DL-C-ILL-035

Wikidata ID

Q64146798

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