Mrs. Beatty, Toquerville, Utah

1953, printed c. 1965

Dorothea Lange

Associated Names
Dorothea Lange

Artist, American, 1895 - 1965

The image shows a close-up of a person's torso and hands resting in their lap. The person is seated with their hands gently clasped together. The skin on the person's arms and hands appears marked with age and sunspots. They are wearing a dress with a patterned fabric featuring a repeating geometric design. The fabric has a textured appearance, and the sleeves partially reveal a floral patterned material. The individual wears a simple ring on one of their fingers. The background consists of a plain, block wall.
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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. (Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York); Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser, Van Nuys, CA, 20 October 2009; gift to NGA, 2016.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1966

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

Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, top left corner in graphite: 134; center underlined: 177.; lower right: 231; bottom left corner: E66.134.1; bottom center: DLA-00025-SP; bottom right corner: EMG 21

Wikidata ID

Q64146808

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