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May Day demonstrations, San Francisco Civic Center
May Day demonstrations, San Francisco Civic Center

May Day demonstrations, San Francisco Civic Center

Artist Dorothea Lange (American, 1895 - 1965)
Date1933
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 9 1/8 × 7 1/4 inches (23.18 × 18.42 cm)
Mount: 9 1/8 × 7 1/4 inches (23.18 × 18.42 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.4224
SignedArtist's stamp on mount verso, center, in black ink: "PHOTOGRAPH BY / DOROTHEA LANGE / 1163 EUCLID AVENUE / BERKELEY / CALIFORNIA"
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn mount verso, center, in pencil: "34036"
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DescriptionVintage print of a man speaking at a microphone.Exhibition History

Dignity 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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