Grayson, San Joaquin Valley, California

1938, printed 1965

Dorothea Lange

Associated Names
Dorothea Lange

Artist, American, 1895 - 1965

The image shows the lower half of a person's body covered with a patchwork blanket on a wooden porch. The person is lying down on their back, with their legs stretched out, and only their bare feet and lower legs are visible protruding from the blanket. The blanket is positioned on a raised wooden platform in front of a pair of large, aged wooden doors. The area around the person appears rustic, with the wooden siding of the building visible on both sides of the doors. A book or similar rectangular object is placed next to the person on the right side of the blanket. There are no visible facial features or hair since the person's head is obscured by the blanket. The overall setting appears to be outdoors or in a semi-abandoned or worn place.
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Artwork overview


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The Museum of Modern Art, New York; (sale, Sotheby's, New York, 25 April 2001, no. 61); (sale, Phillips de Pury and Luxembourg, New York, 4 October 2011); Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser, Van Nuys, CA; 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 right corner in graphite underlined: 94a; center circled: 38063; bottom left corner: E66.94.4; across bottom: Dorothea Lange, Grayson, San Joaquin Valley, California, 1938.; bottom right: SC93.53

Wikidata ID

Q64146842

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