Richmond, California

1942, printed c. 1960s

Dorothea Lange

Associated Names
Dorothea Lange

Artist, American, 1895 - 1965

This is a photograph of a billboard. The image shows a large billboard in an outdoor setting, displaying the message, "It takes 8 tons of freight to k.o. 1 Jap," with "SOUTHERN PACIFIC" written beneath it. An illustration of a freight car is included on the billboard. Next to the billboard, there is a smaller sign reading "FOR SALE KE.20295." The surroundings include grass, other signage, and utility poles, typical of an industrial area.
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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, 20 October 2009; gift to NGA, 2016.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1966

  • Museum of Modern Art. Dorothea Lange. Exh. cat. Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1966: 54.

2013

  • Partridge, Elizabeth. Dorothea Lange: Grab a Hunk of Lightning: Her Lifetime in Photography. San Francisco, 2013: 140.

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-00051-SP; bottom right, partially erased: DL-C-ILL-029

Wikidata ID

Q64146813

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