Torso, San Francisco, 1923, printed 1950s

Not on View

Medium

gelatin silver print

Dimensions

image: 11.9 × 9.8 cm (4 11/16 × 3 7/8 in.)

sheet: 20.2 × 12.2 cm (7 15/16 × 4 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser

Accession Number

2017.162.3

Artists / Makers

Dorothea Lange (artist) American, 1895 - 1965

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Inscription

on verso, by Ron Partridge, upper center in graphite: This Photo by Dorothea Lange / was in my collection-- / Ron Partridge; artist's stamp, lower center in black ink: PHOTOGRAPH BY / DOROTHEA LANGE / 1163 EUCLID AVENUE / BERKELEY / CALIFORNIA

Provenance

Rondal Partridge, Berkeley, CA. (sale, Christie's, New York, 8 April 1993, lot 207). (sale, Christie's, New York, 2 May 2015); Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser, Van Nuys, CA; gift to NGA, 2017.

Associated Names

Susan Steinhauser

Bibliography

1966: Museum of Modern Art. Dorothea Lange. Exh. cat. Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1966: 18.

1995: Davis, Keith F. The Photographs of Dorothea Lange. Kansas City, MO, 1995: 13.

2002: Borhan, Pierre. Dorothea Lange, the Heart and Mind of a Photographer. Boston, 2002: 50.