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The Witness

Artist Dorothea Lange (American, 1895 - 1965)
Date1957
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 9 7/16 × 7 9/16 inches (23.97 × 19.21 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.4214
Signednone
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn sheet verso, center, in pencil: "57150 #3"
On View
Not on view
Collections
DescriptionVintage print; image of a large black man standing in a courtroom, being sworned in to testify.
Copyright© The Dorothea Lange Collection, Oakland Museum of California
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