Love and Marriage

1952

Dorothea Lange

Associated Names
Dorothea Lange

Artist, American, 1895 - 1965

The image depicts the lower bodies of a man and a woman walking next to each other. The man, on the left, wears pinstriped trousers and polished shoes as part of a suit. The woman, on the right, wears a knee-length skirt with a line visible on her stockings, high-heeled shoes with an ankle strap, and a light-colored, belted coat. They appear to be walking together, with no hands visible to confirm this. Another person's foot in a dark shoe is partially visible in motion on the left side. The background is a plain, textured surface resembling a street or sidewalk with a neutral tone.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser

  • Dimensions

    image: 19 × 18.5 cm (7 1/2 × 7 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 20.32 × 25.4 cm (8 × 10 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2016.191.132

  • Series Title

    City Life

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

Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, upper right on angle in graphite: [K?]B-2 / [F?]/11 / I [E?]; center in blue ink: 52015; lower right in graphite: 7.5; bottom left corner: 119 RG 13092

Wikidata ID

Q64146892

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