A sign of the times--Depression--mended stockings, stenographer
Artist
Dorothea Lange
(American, 1895 - 1965)
Date1934
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 8 3/8 × 5 1/8 inches (21.27 × 13.02 cm)
Mount: 8 7/16 × 5 3/16 inches (21.43 × 13.18 cm)
Mount: 8 7/16 × 5 3/16 inches (21.43 × 13.18 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.4185
SignedArtist's stamp on mount verso, top, in black ink: "PHOTOGRAPH BY / DOROTHEA LANGE / 1163 EUCLID AVENUE / BERKELEY / CALIFORNIA "
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn mount verso, center, in pencil: "33024-3";
On mount verso, bottom, in pencil: "143-76-94"
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DescriptionVintage print on original mount. Image of a woman's legs, showing torn & mended stocking.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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Dorothea Lange
November 1936
2005.27.4181
