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Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California

A work made of gelatin silver print, from a portfolio of ten fsa photographs (1975).

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  • A work made of gelatin silver print, from a portfolio of ten fsa photographs (1975).

Date:

1936, printed before the end of 1975

Artist:

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

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Dorothea Lange

Title

Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California

Place

United States (Artist's nationality)

Date

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

Extended information about this artwork

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