Funeral Cortege, End of an Era in a Small Valley Town
Dorothea Lange, American, 1895 - 1965
negative 1936; print about 1950
Gelatin silver print
Image: 16 1/4 × 15 7/16 in. (41.3 × 39.2 cm)
Sheet: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Charles F. Venrick 1936 Fund and the James and Barbara Block Acquisitions Endowment
© Oakland Museum of California, the City of Oakland, gift of Paul S. Taylor
2005.21
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Photograph
Research Area
Photograph
Not on view
Inscriptions
Stamped, on reverse, in black ink: PHOTOGRAPH BY / DOROTHEA LANGE / 1163 EUCLID AVENUE / BERKELEY / CALIFORNIA
Course History
ARTH 17, History of Photography, Katie Hornstein, Spring 2013
SART 30, SART 75, Photography II, III, Virginia Beahan, Spring 2013
ARTH 71, The "American Century": Modern Art in the United States, Mary Coffey, Winter 2015
ARTH 71, The "American Century": Modern Art in the United States. Mary Coffey, Winter 2015
ARTH 48.02, History of Photography, Katie Hornstein, Winter 2020
ANTH 50.17, Rites of Passage, Sienna Craig, Spring 2020
Exhibition History
A Space for Dialogue 36, The Eye of the Beheld, Caitlin Roberts, Class of 2008, Student Programming Intern, Main Lobby, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 30-March 18, 2007.
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.
Publication History
Caitlin Roberts, A Space for Dialogue 36, The Eye of the Beheld, Hanover, New Hampshire: Hood Mueum of Art, Dartmouth College, 2007, ill. p.3.
Provenance
The artist, California; descendents of the artist, California; Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York; Lee Gallery, Winchester, Massachusetts; sold to present collection, 2005.
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