Dorothea Lange
Spring plowing. Guadalupe, California. Cauliflower fields

Spring plowing. Guadalupe, California. Cauliflower fields

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Spring plowing. Guadalupe, California. Cauliflower fields
ArtistAmerican, 1895–1965
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Spring plowing. Guadalupe, California. Cauliflower fields
DateMarch 1937, printed 1976
Place depictedCalifornia, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 10 9/16 × 10 1/4 in. (26.8 × 26 cm)
 Sheet: 11 × 13 15/16 in. (27.9 × 35.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Mr. and Mrs. Alvin S. Romansky
Object number76.398
Not on view

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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.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso upper left in pencil reading vertically "RS 53142[underlined] / F34-35456"
bottom right in pencil "Lange"
verso center a stamp reading vertically "Reproduced from the collection of the Library of Congress"

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