Native American Girl, Taos, New Mexico

1931

Dorothea Lange

Associated Names
Dorothea Lange

Artist, American, 1895 - 1965

The image depicts the upper half of a person covered in a dark cloth. The individual is facing forward with a neutral expression and their eyes are visible. Some dark hair is peeking out from under the cloth. The background is blurred with light and dark tones. The image has warm sepia tones, giving it a vintage look.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 5.3 × 5.3 cm (2 1/16 × 2 1/16 in.)
    mount: 13.2 × 10.5 cm (5 3/16 × 4 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2022.114.4

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dorothea Lange, Berkeley, CA; by descent to her son John Dixon, Orinda, CA; his wife Lolita Doppelt-Dixon; by descent to Yana Leventon, San Francisco, 2021; NGA purchase (through Richard Moore Photographs, Oakland, CA), 2022.

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 of mount, by unknown hand, bottom left in graphite: DDL141-E

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