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Migrant Mother, Nipoma, California

Monochrome photograph of a seated woman holding a baby in her lap. The woman's brow is furrowed as she looks into the distance, and her cardigan and checked shirt are worn and tattered. Two young children lean on her shoulders, facing away from the camera.

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  • Monochrome photograph of a seated woman holding a baby in her lap. The woman's brow is furrowed as she looks into the distance, and her cardigan and checked shirt are worn and tattered. Two young children lean on her shoulders, facing away from the camera.

Date:

1936, printed later

Artist:

Dorothea Lange
American, 1895–1965

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Dorothea Lange

Title

Migrant Mother, Nipoma, California

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

Made 1936

Medium

Photogravure

Edition

79 of 300

Dimensions

Image: 30.4 × 23.5 cm (12 × 9 5/16 in.); Paper: 51.7 × 40.5 cm (20 3/8 × 16 in.)

Credit Line

Bequest of Michael Cohen

Reference Number

2008.421

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