Dorothea Lange
Sharecroppers, Eutaw, Alabama

Sharecroppers, Eutaw, Alabama

Public Domain

ArtistAmerican, 1895–1965
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Sharecroppers, Eutaw, Alabama
  • Hoe culture in the South. Near Eutaw, Alabama
DateJuly 1936, printed 1976
Place depictedEutaw, Alabama, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 13/16 × 13 7/16 in. (17.3 × 34.1 cm)
 Sheet: 11 × 13 15/16 in. (27.9 × 35.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Mr. and Mrs. Alvin S. Romansky
Object number76.397
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceLibrary of Congress, Washington, DC; purchased by MFAH, 1976.
Exhibition History"Introducing America to Americans: Depression-era Photographs from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts, Spring, Texas, June 10–September 9, 2017.

"Norman Rockwell: American Freedom," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, December 15, 2019–March 22, 2020.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil, verso, upper right: RS 53142 [underlined] // F30-9539 [reading vertically]
Inscribed in pencil, verso, bottom right: Dorothea Lange
Stamped, verso, center: Reproduced from the collection of the Library of Congress [reading vertically]

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