Eighty-year-old woman living in a squatter's camp on the outskirts of Bakersfield, California
Artist
Dorothea Lange
(American, 1895 - 1965)
DateNovember 1936
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 10 9/16 × 13 7/8 inches (26.83 × 35.24 cm)
Sheet: 11 × 14 3/16 inches (27.94 × 36.04 cm)
Sheet: 11 × 14 3/16 inches (27.94 × 36.04 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.4189
SignedOn sheet verso, lower left, in pencil: "F.S.A. photo by Dorothea Lange";
Stamp on sheet verso, lower right, in black ink: "PLEASE CREDIT / F.S.A. / FARM SECURITY ADMINISTRATION / PHOTO BY: LANGE".
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn sheet recto, reproduction marks in margin, in black pencil;
On sheeet recto, upper right corner, in black pencil: "1634";
On sheet verso, left edge, in black pencil: "6" on crops";
On sheet verso, center, in pencil: "9860C";
On sheet verso, center, in orange pencil: "61 - bottom"
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionImage of an old woman in a squatter's camp, her hand shielding her eyes from the sun.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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