Dorothea Lange
First Born (Gregor)

First Born (Gregor)

© The Dorothea Lange Collection, Oakland Museum of California, City of Oakland, Gift of Paul S. Taylor

First Born (Gregor)
First Born (Gregor)
ArtistAmerican, 1895–1965
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • First Born (Gregor)
DateFebruary 1952
Place , , United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 3/16 × 7 7/16 in. (23.4 × 18.9 cm)
 Sheet: 9 3/16 × 7 7/16 in. (23.3 × 18.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Marion and Joe Mundy
Object number2000.74
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2000.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited: "A Love Affair with Pictures: 25 Years of Collecting Photographs at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," MFAH, Lower Jones and Masterson Galleries, October 14 - December 30, 2001.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Label on the verso: printed in black: "Dorothea Lange · Photographs / 1163 Euclid Avenue · Berkeley 8, California" and inscribed in blue: "First - Born (Gregor) / It was in February 1952, / at the front door, / 1163 Euclid"


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