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Black Maria, Oakland, 1957

Artist Dorothea Lange (American, 1895 - 1965)
Date1957
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 1/8 × 7 11/16 inches (23.18 × 19.53 cm)
Sheet: 9 15/16 × 7 15/16 inches (25.24 × 20.16 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.4317
SignedArtist's stamp on sheet verso, lower left, in black ink: "PHOTOGRAPH BY / DOROTHEA LANGE / 1163 EUCLID AVENUE / BERKELEY / CALIFORNIA"
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn mount verso, top, in pencil: "57100"
On View
Not on view
Collections
DescriptionImage of the back of a police paddy wagon.
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