Grandfather and grandson of Japanese ancestry at a War Relocation Authority center, Manzanar, California

July 1942

Dorothea Lange

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Dorothea Lange

Artist, American, 1895 - 1965

This black-and-white photograph shows an older man from the chest up, holding a young child on his shoulders. The man is positioned facing forward, his mouth set in a slight frown, deep wrinkles across his face. He has medium-toned skin, a graying mustache, and short, slightly unruly black hair. The child rests their head against the man's head, facing slightly to the left, with their eyes looking off towards the bottom left corner. The child is slightly paler and has short dark hair, and they are wearing a light-colored, long-sleeved shirt. The man's hands are gently grasping the child's arms. The background is flat gray.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dorothea Lange, Berkeley, CA; by descent to John Dixon, her son, CA, 1965; (RoseGallery, Santa Monica, CA); Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser, Van Nuys, CA, 8 May 2012; gift to NGA, 2016.

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Exhibition History

2023

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

Bibliography

1995

  • Davis, Keith F. The Photographs of Dorothea Lange. Kansas City, MO, 1995: 783.

Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, center right in blue ink: By Dorothea Lange Manzanar-- 1942~1943 National Archives 054[?]; bottom left corner in graphite: 118 RG 13091

Wikidata ID

Q64146884

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