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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2.2002.594
People
Dorothea Lange, American (Hoboken, New Jersey 1895 - 1965 San Francisco, California)
Title
Children in a Democracy
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1940
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, Texas
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/158753

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 26 x 33 cm (10 1/4 x 13 in.)
sheet: 28 x 35.3 cm (11 x 13 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • label: typed label affixed to verso of mat, b.r. corner, removed: DOROTHEA LANGE
    CHILDREN IN A DEMOCRACY: A MIGRATORY
    FAMILY LIVING IN A TRAILER IN AN OPEN
    FIELD. NO SANITATION, NO WATER
    Amarillo, TX
    1940
    modern print from and [sic] old negative
    (National Archives)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts
Accession Year
2011
Object Number
2.2002.594
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/02/2023 - 12/30/2023

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