Artist
Dorothea Lange (American, 1895–1965)American, 1895–1965
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Ma Burnham from Conway, Arkansas
Date1938
PlaceConway, Arkansas, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 7/16 × 7 11/16 in. (24 × 19.5 cm)
Sheet: 9 7/8 × 7 15/16 in. (25.1 × 20.2 cm)
Sheet: 9 7/8 × 7 15/16 in. (25.1 × 20.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Polaroid Foundation, Inc.
Object number78.76
Non exposé
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PhotographyObject Type
Exhibition HistoryExhibited: Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Jan. 29 to Apr. 8, 1987 , Whitney Musseum, Fairfield Branch, 8 September - 11 November 1987 (LN:87.8)
Exhibited in "Looking at Portraits," at the MFAH, May 15 to July 10, 1988
Loaned to "Dorothea Lange: American Photographs," at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, May 19 to Sep. 4, 1994, and travelling to the Milwaukee Art Museum, Sep. 23 to Nov. 20, 1995; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Dec. 24, 1994 to Feb. 19, 1995; and International Center of Photography, Mar. 3 to Apr. 30, 1995 (LN:94.25).
Exhibited "Looking at Portraits" The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston May 15,1988 - July 10,1988
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso top right corner in ink " 'D' "
upper center in pencil "38267"
center in ink "see companion piece / (clouds) / negative in file on D.L.[underlined]"
bottom right in pencil "return to / D.Lange"
upper center in pencil "38267"
center in ink "see companion piece / (clouds) / negative in file on D.L.[underlined]"
bottom right in pencil "return to / D.Lange"
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