Oklahomans in public camp on relief, Coachella Valley, California
Artist
Dorothea Lange
(American, 1895 - 1965)
DateFebruary 1935
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 8 7/8 × 6 5/8 inches (22.54 × 16.83 cm)
Mount: 8 7/8 × 6 5/8 inches (22.54 × 16.83 cm)
Mount: 8 7/8 × 6 5/8 inches (22.54 × 16.83 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.4226
SignedArtist's label attached to mount verso, upper left, white label with green type: "PICTURES OF PEOPLE / DOROTHEA LANGE / 2515 GOUGH ST . SAN FRANCISCO"
InscribedOn mount verso, right edge, in black pen: "Oklahomans in Coachella Valley - / living in the public camp / February 1935"
MarkingsOn mount verso, upper right, in black pen: "8" [circled];
On mount verso, central left, in pencil: "9333";
On mount verso, lower left, in pencil: "J68 / HF235".
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DescriptionVintage gelatin silver print of mother and children in a migrant workers' camp.Exhibition HistoryDignity vs. Despair: Dorothea Lange and the Depression Era Photographers, 1933-1941. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, June 23 – November 26, 2017, no cat.
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