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Dorothea Lange
Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California1936, printed later

Not on view
Black and white photograph, close-up portrait of a white woman with furrowed brows and hand raised to chin, flanked by two children who lean in and face away from the camera
Artist or Maker
Dorothea Lange
United States, 1895-1965
Title
Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1936, printed later
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
13 7/8 x 10 15/16 in. (35.24 x 27.78 cm)
Credit Line
Promised gift of Mr. and Mrs. Bowen H. McCoy through the 1997 Collectors Committee
Accession Number
PG.1997.2
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Selected Bibliography
  • Barron, Stephanie, S. Bernstein and I. S. Fort, with essays by Stephanie Barron, Sherri Bernstein, M. Dear, Howard N. Fox and Richard Rodriguez. Made in California: Art, Image, and Identity, 1900-2000. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Berkeley: University of California Press, Berkeley, 2000.