Dorothea Lange
Sharecroppers, Eutaw, Alabama

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

Not on view

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Department

Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

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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