Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California
Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California

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Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California,

1936, printed ca. 1950

Dorothea Lange, 1895–1965; born Hoboken, NJ; died San Francisco, CA; active San Francisco, CA
2019-1

Information

Title
Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California
Dates

1936, printed ca. 1950

Maker
Dorothea Lange
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 34 × 26.7 cm (13 3/8 × 10 1/2 in.) sheet: 35.3 × 27.8 cm (13 7/8 × 10 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Fowler McCormick, Class of 1921, Fund
Object Number
2019-1
Place Depicted

North America, United States, California, Nipomo

Culture
American
Type
photographs, gelatin silver prints
Materials
gelatin silver process
Subject
women, workers, families, children (people by age group), mothers

The artist; [Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York, NY]; purchased by the Princeton University Art Museum, 2019.

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