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Dorothea Lange

Dorothea Lange

Artist

WA-00096097

Representation

None documented

29

Institutional Exhibitions

12

Works in Collection

17

Assets Indexed

3

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

50%

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Authority Records (1)

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Variants

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1985–1986

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American Landscapes

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1981

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Reinstallation of the Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1980

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Edward Steichen Photography Center Reinstallation

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1979

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Public Landscapes

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1974

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Photographs of Women

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1971

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The Artist as Adversary

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1971

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Steichen Gallery Reinstallation

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1967

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Dorothea Lange

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1966

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The Photo Essay

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1965

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Edward Steichen Photography Center

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1964

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The Photographer's Eye

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1964

Field Verification (3 fields)

0 cross-verified · 3 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 85%
LocationArtsy· 85%
NationalityArtsy· 85%

Source Registry (1)

Getty Ulanhttps://vocab.getty.edu/ulan/500007674
Tier 1 · Institutional85%

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Artworks (12)

County Clare, Ireland

1954 · gelatin silver print, printed 1937-1940

Image: 17.1 x 15.3 cm (6 3/4 x 6 in.); Matted: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Childress County, Texas

1938 · Gelatin silver print

25.9 x 33.0 cm (10 3/16 x 13 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Funeral Cortege, End of an Era in a Small Valley Town, California

1938 · gelatin silver print

Image: 28 x 25.5 cm (11 x 10 1/16 in.); Matted: 61 x 50.8 cm (24 x 20 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

1938 · Gelatin silver print

17.3 x 24 cm (6 13/16 x 9 7/16 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Doorway of the Church

1938 · Gelatin silver print

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Resident, Conway, Arkansas

1938 · gelatin silver print, printed c. 1940

Image: 24.5 x 19.5 cm (9 5/8 x 7 11/16 in.); Matted: 50.8 x 40.6 cm (20 x 16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Cotton Pickers’ Camp, Nipomo California

Cotton Pickers’ Camp, Nipomo California

1936 · gelatin silver print on baryta paper

height: 195 cm, width: 241 cm, width: 247 cm, height: 191 cm

Alabama Plow Girl, near Eutaw, Alabama

1936 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 7 1/2 × 7 5/8 in. (19 × 19.4 cm) Sheet: 10 1/16 × 8 1/8 in. (25.5 × 20.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

[Migrant Pea Picker's Makeshift Home, Nipomo, California]

1936 · Gelatin silver print

18.2 x 24.5 cm (7 3/16 x 9 5/8 in. )

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

[Mexican Migrant Family with Tire Trouble, California]

1936 · Gelatin silver print

19.1 x 19.4 cm (7 1/2 x 7 5/8 in. )

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

White Angel Breadline, San Francisco

1933 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 12 15/16 × 10 7/16 in. (32.8 × 26.5 cm) Mount: 18 1/16 × 14 5/8 in. (45.9 × 37.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

San Francisco Waterfront, the General Strike

1933 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 23.1 x 12.1 cm (9 1/8 x 4 3/4 in.); Paper: 23.5 x 12.5 cm (9 1/4 x 4 15/16 in.); Matted: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Artwork sources (3)

12 published of 12 catalogued · 1 with image

The Met
7 published
Cleveland Museum of Art
4 published
Rijksmuseum
1 published1 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 5)

5 entries · 1 sources

Cotton Pickers’ Camp, Nipomo California
1936 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Funeral Cortege, End of an Era in a Small Valley Town, California
1938 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
San Francisco Waterfront, the General Strike
1933 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Resident, Conway, Arkansas
1938 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
County Clare, Ireland
1954 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Images

Artsy artwork: Boy, N.D.

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Artsy artwork: Untitled (1927)

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Artsy artwork: Tractored Out

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Artsy artwork: Torso (1923)

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Artsy artist portrait

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