Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California

Dorothea Lange, American, 1895 - 1965

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negative March 1936, print 1965

Gelatin silver print

Image: 13 3/8 × 10 7/16 in. (34 × 26.5 cm)

Sheet: 13 15/16 × 10 7/8 in. (35.4 × 27.6 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Helen Cleveland, Class of 1980

PH.995.12

Geography

Place Imaged: Nipomo, United States, North America

Place Made: United States, North America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Photograph

Research Area

Photograph

Not on view

Course History

ARTH 86, Senior Seminar in Art Historical Theory and Method, Mary Coffey, Winter 2013

HIST 6, NAS 30, History of the American West, Ben Madley, Winter 2012

SART 29, Photography I, Virginia Beahan, Spring 2012

SART 30, SART 75, Photography II, III, Virginia Beahan, Spring 2013

SART 29, Photography I, Virginia Beahan, Summer 2013

SART 29, Photography I, Virginia Beahan, Winter 2014

WRIT 5, Human Rights, Global to Local, Peggy Baum, Winter 2014

SART 29, Photography I, Virginia Beahan, Summer 2014

ARTH 85, Senior Seminar in Theory and Method, Mary Coffey, Fall 2014

ARTH 16.2, Women in Art, Kristin O'Rourke, Fall 2014

SART 17.9, The Photographer as Activist: Making Art Inspired by the Hood Museum's Collection, Virginia Beahan, Winter 2015

ENGS 7.02, Climate Change, Mary Albert, Winter 2019

COLT 10.21, Coming to America, Gerd Gemunden, Spring 2019

SART 29, Photography I, Virginia Beahan, Summer 2019

ARTH 48.02, History of Photography, Katie Hornstein, Winter 2020

SART 29/SART 75, Photography 1/Photography 3, Virginia Beahan, Winter 2020

ENGS 7.02, Climate Change, Mary Albert, Winter 2020

ANTH 50.17, Rites of Passage, Sienna Craig, Spring 2020

ANTH 50.17, Rites of Passage, Sienna Craig, Spring 2020

WGSS 30.05/LACS 36, Maid in America, Francine A'Ness, Spring 2021

SART 29.01, Photography I, Virginia Beahan, Fall 2022

Anthropology 55.01, Anthropology of Global Health, Anne Sosin, Spring 2023

Sociology 61.01, Quantitative Social Science 30.17, Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies 33.05, Gender (In)equality, Kristin Smith, Spring 2023

Geography 21.01/International Studies 18.01, Global Health and Society, Anne Sosin, Spring 2024

Anthropology 55.01, Anthropology of Global Health, Anne Sosin, Fall 2023

Studio Art 29.01, Photography I, Virginia Beahan, Winter 2024

Art History 48.02, Histories of Photography, Katie Hornstein, Spring 2024

Anthropology 55.01, Anthropology of Global Health, Anne Sosin, Spring 2024

Geography 21.01, International Studies 18.01, Global Health and Society, Anne Sosin, Spring 2024

Exhibition History

A Space for Dialogue 11, Spinning a Story: Manipulations of Motherhood by Women Artists, Jourdan Abel, Class of 2003, Education Intern, Main Lobby, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, February 22-March 30, 2003.

America's Great Depression; Through the Eyes of Three Women Photographers, Israel Sack Gallery [American Works on Paper wall], Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, May-August 2010.

Exile from Eden, Graham Gund Gallery of Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, March 26-July 22, 2012.

Looking Backward, Moving Forward: Women Photographers at the Hood Museum of Art, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 12-September 19, 2004.

Open House: A Portrait of Collecting, Lamont Gallery, Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire, January 19-February 28, 2015.

Signs of Modern Life: Photographs from the Collections of Jane and Raphael Bernstein and Dartmouth College, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 13-October 25, 1998.

The Photograph as Document, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, English 7, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, November 2-December 15, 1996.

Publication History

Jourdan Abel, A Space for Dialogue 11, Spinning a Story: Manipulations of Motherhood by Women Artists, Hanover, New Hampshire: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, 2003, ill. cover.

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