Richmond, California

1944, printed 1950s

Dorothea Lange

Associated Names
Dorothea Lange

Artist, American, 1895 - 1965

The image shows two individuals, with the focus on a woman leaning against a parking meter. The woman has dark, wavy hair, bold features, and is wearing a dark coat and sweater. Her left arm is raised and resting on top of the parking meter. A man partially visible behind her is looking in the same direction. In the background, a vintage car and a Coca-Cola advertisement on a building wall are visible, indicating an urban setting with mid-20th-century architecture.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dorothea Lange, Berkeley, CA; by descent to John Dixon, her son, Orinda, CA, 1965; (RoseGallery, Santa Monica); Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser, Van Nuys, CA, 1 November 2016; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2023

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

Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, upper center in black ink: 42060; center right in graphite perpendicular: V B — 2 / f/11; lower left in graphite perpendicular: 18 sec; bottom left in graphite: GCP #9288; bottom right: 156

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