Irish child, County Clare, Ireland

1954

Dorothea Lange

Associated Names
Dorothea Lange

Artist, American, 1895 - 1965

The image shows a person with light skin and freckles, facing forward with a slight smile. They are wearing a hooded garment with textured fabric. Their hair is dark and partially covered by the hood, which is tied under their chin. The background is simple and light, emphasizing the person's face and posture.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser

  • Dimensions

    image: 25.4 × 25.4 cm (10 × 10 in.)
    sheet: 35.2 × 27.9 cm (13 7/8 × 11 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2016.191.113

  • Series Title

    The Irish Countryman

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Lee Gallery, Winchester, MA); Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser, Van Nuys, CA, 24 January 2012; gift to NGA, 2016.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2023

  • Dorothea Lange: Seeing People, National Gallery of Art, Washington; Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, 2023 - 2024, unnumbered catalogue.

Bibliography

1966

  • Museum of Modern Art. Dorothea Lange. Exh. cat. Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1966: 88.

1982

  • Hoffman, Michael E., ed. Dorothea Lange: Photographs of a Lifetime. New York, 1982: 144.

1996

  • Mullins, Gerry. Dorothea Lange's Ireland. Washington, 1996: 30.

2002

  • Borhan, Pierre. Dorothea Lange, the Heart and Mind of a Photographer. Boston, 2002: 208.

Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, top right in graphite: ZA1375; artist's stamp, center in black ink: PHOTOGRAPH BY / DOROTHEA LANGE / 1163 EUCLID AVENUE / BERKELEY / CALIFORNIA / TELEPHONE LANDSCAPE 4-3880; by unknown hand, bottom right in graphite: DL-C-ILL-203

Wikidata ID

Q64146863

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