Industrialized agriculture, from Texas farmer to migratory worker in Kern County, California

November 1938

Dorothea Lange

Associated Names
Dorothea Lange

Artist, American, 1895 - 1965

The image displays a man in a side profile, wearing a light-colored button-up shirt with an open collar. He has short, slightly tousled dark hair and prominent wrinkles on his neck. He is standing upright, facing towards the right side of the photograph. The background consists of an expansive sky with a few scattered clouds. There are no visible accessories or objects in his possession.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(RoseGallery, Santa Monica, CA); Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser, Van Nuys, CA, 8 May 2012; gift to NGA, 2016.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, top center in graphite: D67; upper center in blue ink underlined: 210; center: 18607-C; lower left in red pencil: Sle[u?]h

Wikidata ID

Q64146889

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