Funeral cortege, San Joaquin Valley, California

1938, printed early 1950s

Dorothea Lange

Associated Names
Dorothea Lange

Artist, American, 1895 - 1965

The image shows a person visible through an oval-shaped window of a vehicle. The person is seated inside the vehicle and looking out towards the window with their hand partially covering their mouth and nose. The person's facial features are partially obscured by the hand. They have short, light-colored hair and wear light-colored clothing. The vehicle has a textured or painted surface, with decorative or functional trim around the window. In the background, there are structures or buildings, and the sky is clear with a few clouds visible.
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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dorothea Lange, Berkeley, CA; by descent to family of Dorothea Lange, CA, 1965. Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser, Van Nuys, CA; gift to NGA, 2016.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2023

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

Bibliography

1966

  • Museum of Modern Art. Dorothea Lange. Exh. cat. Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1966: 23.

1978

  • Heyman, Therese Thau, and The Oakland Museum. Celebrating a Collection: The Work of Dorothea Lange. Oakland, 1978: 84.

1982

  • Hoffman, Michael E., ed. Dorothea Lange: Photographs of a Lifetime. New York, 1982: 55.

1995

  • Davis, Keith F. The Photographs of Dorothea Lange. Kansas City, MO, 1995: 52.

2002

  • Borhan, Pierre. Dorothea Lange, the Heart and Mind of a Photographer. Boston, 2002: 148.

2014

  • Gordon, Linda. Dorothea Lange. New York, 2014: 83.

Inscriptions

on verso, center stamped in black ink: PHOTOGRAPH BY / DOROTHEA LANGE / 1163 EUCLID AVENUE / BERKELEY / CALIFORNIA; by unknown hand, bottom right in graphite: RG 12232; bottom right: DL CAL-E+B 2788

Wikidata ID

Q64146804

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