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Against the wall, San Francisco

Artist Dorothea Lange (American, 1895 - 1965)
Date1934; printed 1950
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 9 1/2 × 9 15/16 inches (24.13 × 25.24 cm)
Mount: 9 1/2 × 9 15/16 inches (24.13 × 25.24 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.4213
Signednone
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn mount verso, upper right, in pencil: "AMD [?]"; On mount verso, center, in red pencil: "52.1219"; On mount verso, on label lower left, in pencil: "$10,500".
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DescriptionImage of a man crouched against a wall; overturned wheelbarrow at his side.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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