Dorothea Lange
Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California

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Artist Dorothea Lange (American, 1895–1965)American, 1895–1965

CultureAmerican

Titles

Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California
Destitute pea pickers in California. Mother of seven children. Age thirty-two. Nipomo, California

DateMarch 1936, printed 1976

Place depictedNipoma, California, United States

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 13 1/2 × 10 7/16 in. (34.3 × 26.5 cm)
Sheet: 13 15/16 × 11 in. (35.4 × 27.9 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Mr. and Mrs. Alvin S. Romansky

Object number76.396

Not on view

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Department

Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

ProvenanceLibrary of Congress, Washington, DC; purchased by MFAH, 1976.
Exhibition History"In Our Time: Houston's Contemporary Arts Museum 1948-1982," Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, October 23, 1982–January 2, 1983.

"The 150th Anniversary of the Invention of Photography: Prague 1989," Manes Center of the Union of Czechoslovak Creative Artists, Prague, c/o U.S.I.A., Washington, D.C., August 1–September 30, 1989.

"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, top right: RS 53142 [underlined] // F34_9058
Stamped in black ink, verso, center: Reproduced from the collection of the Library of Congress [upside down]
Inscribed in pencil, verso, bottom right: Lange

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