Dorothea Lange
Cotton sharecropper family. Macon County, Georgia

ArtistAmerican, 1895–1965
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Cotton sharecropper family. Macon County, Georgia
DateJuly, 1937
PlaceGeorgia, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 13 1/16 × 10 3/16 in. (33.2 × 25.9 cm)
Sheet: 13 1/16 × 10 3/16 in. (33.2 × 25.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Howard Farber
Object number98.657
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceHoward Farber; given to MFAH, 1998.
Exhibition HistoryEXCOLLECTION: Collection of Jack Delano

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso top left in pencil "PF2218"
upper center "17922-C"

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