Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California

Photography and Media

1936, printed before the end of 1975

Dorothea Lange (American, 1895–1965)
printed commercially under the supervision of Arthur Rothstein (American, 1915–1985)

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Photography and Media

Artist: Dorothea Lange
Title: Migrant Mother, Nipomo, 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: Gelatin silver print, from a portfolio of ten FSA photographs (1975)
Dimensions: Image: 23.9 × 18.9 cm (9 7/16 × 7 1/2 in.); Paper: 35.4 × 28 cm (13 15/16 × 11 1/16 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Robert A. Taub
Reference Number: 2013.1559

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