Venezuela

1960

Dorothea Lange

Associated Names
Dorothea Lange

Artist, American, 1895 - 1965

The image shows the lower half of an individual standing on a corrugated metal sheet. They are barefoot with dirt on their feet. The person wears tattered pants with rolled-up cuffs and stains. They wear a worn-out top, possibly a jacket or vest, over a shirt. The person holds a machete in the right hand and an axe in the left hand, both pointed towards the ground. Pieces of corn, some partially husked, are scattered around their feet. The background is a corrugated metal 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, 22 March 2011; 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.

Bibliography

2002

  • Borhan, Pierre. Dorothea Lange, the Heart and Mind of a Photographer. Boston, 2002: 236.

Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, top left corner in graphite: 210; top right corner in graphite: D; center in graphite underlined: #188; bottom right in graphite: 215; along the bottom in graphite: E66.210.1 EHG153 SP #581.1 DLA-00043-SP

Wikidata ID

Q64146839

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