Refugee from drought, dust, depression, near Sacramento, California

Artist Dorothea Lange (American, 1895 - 1965)

DateNovember 1936

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage and sheet: 7 3/16 × 9 3/16 inches (18.26 × 23.34 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.4181

SignedArtist's stamp on sheet verso, center, in black ink: "PHOTOGRAPH BY / DOROTHEA LANGE / 1163 EUCLID AVENUE / BERKELEY / CALIFORNIA / TELEPHONE LANDSCAPE 4-3880"

Inscribednone

MarkingsOn sheet verso, center, in black pen: "7"

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DescriptionVintage print; image of a woman migrant worker. Artist's stamp on back of print.Exhibition History

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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