Dorothea Lange
Grayson, San Joaquin Valley

Grayson, San Joaquin Valley

Grayson, San Joaquin Valley
Grayson, San Joaquin Valley
ArtistAmerican, 1895–1965
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Grayson, San Joaquin Valley
Date1938
Place depictedSan Joaquin Valley, California, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 8 1/2 × 10 3/4 in. (21.6 × 27.3 cm)
 Sheet: 8 1/2 × 10 3/4 in. (21.6 × 27.3 cm)
 Mount: 12 7/8 × 14 1/4 in. (32.7 × 36.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Mrs. Efrem Kurtz
Object number83.64
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Sotheby & Co., London]; purchased by MFAH, 1983.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited:Exhibited: 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 "Evocative Presence: Twentieth Century Photographs in the Museum Collection", The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston February 27 - May 1, 1988

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso of mount in pencil "1937-Annual / p.169 / DOROTHEA LANGE: 'Doorstep Document' "
recto below image on mount cropping marks

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