Richmond, California

1944, printed before 1955

Dorothea Lange

Associated Names
Dorothea Lange

Artist, American, 1895 - 1965

The image shows the upper bodies of two individuals. The woman is in the foreground, positioned slightly to the right, leaning against a parking meter. She has curly hair with a bow or clip on top. Her facial features are distinct with a calm expression. She is dressed in a sweater and a coat. The man's face is partly obscured, situated behind the woman, with his arm draped over her shoulder. His hair is short and neat. Both of them appear to be leaning casually on the parking meter. The background is an urban street setting with blurred buildings and utility poles. The image is in black and white.
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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dorothea Lange, Berkeley, CA; by descent to John Dixon, her son, Orinda, CA, 1965; Bruce and Nancy Berman, Los Angeles; (sale, Christie's, New York, 7 October 2011); Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser, Van Nuys, CA; gift to NGA, 2016.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1994

  • San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Dorothea Lange: American Photographs. Exh. cat. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, 1994: 46, fig. 27.

2002

  • Keller, Judith. Dorothea Lange: Photographs from the J. Paul Getty Museum. Los Angeles, 2002: 56.

  • Borhan, Pierre. Dorothea Lange, the Heart and Mind of a Photographer. Boston, 2002: 183.

2009

  • Rubio, Oliva María, Sandra S. Phillips, Jack Von Euw, and Richard K. Doud, in collaboration with PHotoEspaña. Dorothea Lange: The Crucial Years, 1930–1946. Madrid, 2009: 17.

Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, across center in graphite reversed: 13-2 / F/11 / 35; center right on vertical: 42060; bottom left corner: 90 RG 13063

Wikidata ID

Q64146847

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