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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2.2002.721
People
Dorothea Lange, American (Hoboken, New Jersey 1895 - 1965 San Francisco, California)
Title
Untitled (migrant mother with infant at breast)
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1936, printed later
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, California
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/158936

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 19.2 x 23.9 cm (7 9/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
sheet: 20 x 24.8 cm (7 7/8 x 9 3/4 in.)
mount: 20 x 24.8 cm (7 7/8 x 9 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, t.l., graphite: Lange 1986-32 [over] AMERICAN: DOROTHEA LANGE [over] DESCRIPTIVE TITLE: MOTHER WITH [over] INFANT ON BREAST [over] ABOUT 1940S [over] MOD PRINT FROM ORIGINAL NEGATIVE [over] BLACK & WHITE
  • inscription: verso, b.r., black ink: 35549 [over] 9097 [over] P [turned 90 degrees clockwise]

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts
Accession Year
2011
Object Number
2.2002.721
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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