Street meeting, San Francisco

1934

Dorothea Lange

Associated Names
Dorothea Lange

Artist, American, 1895 - 1965

The image depicts a group of people. In the foreground, a young man is shown standing and looking upwards with an earnest expression. He has short, dark hair, distinct eyebrows, and a faint mustache. The man is wearing a light-colored fedora, a dark jacket with a zipper, and a light-colored shirt. A ribbon is attached to the lapel of his jacket. Other men in hats and dark clothing are clustered around him. The background shows an overcast sky with no distinct features.
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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dorothea Lange, Berkeley, CA; by descent to John Dixon, her son, Orinda, CA, 1965; (RoseGallery, Santa Monica, CA); Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser, Van Nuys, CA, 8 May 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

2002

  • Keller, Judith. Dorothea Lange: Photographs from the J. Paul Getty Museum. Los Angeles, 2002: 20.

  • Borhan, Pierre. Dorothea Lange, the Heart and Mind of a Photographer. Boston, 2002: 69.

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, upper left in black ink: Street Meeting in San Francisco. / "here Democracy Survives 2."; center left underlined: Photograph by; center left: Dorothea Lange / 2706 Virginia St. / Berkeley / California ---; by unknown hand, top center in graphite: D92; upper center circled: 34042; bottom right: RG 10395

Wikidata ID

Q64146883

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