Migrant Cotton Picker Elizabeth, Arizona

Dorothea Lange (mentioned on object), 1940-11

A young cotton picker in the grim years of the Great Depression. Lange was originally a portrait photographer, as is clear to see. In the 1930s she recorded the working and living conditions in rural America for the Farm Security Administration. In search of work, entire families migrated throughout the country, living in tents, shacks, and automobiles.

  • Artwork typephotograph
  • Object numberRP-F-2013-3
  • Dimensionsheight 458 mm x width 355 mm, height 250 mm x width 250 mm
  • Physical characteristicsontwikkelgelatinezilverdruk

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Migrant Cotton Picker Elizabeth, Arizona
    • Young Migratory Cotton Picker, Casa Grande, Arizona
  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-F-2013-3

  • Inscriptions / marks

    annotation: ‘Nov 1940/ near Coolidge, Maricopa Co. Arizona/ Elizabeth Tupe in Arizona cotton patch./ negative m life by Bureau of [...] Economics/ U.S. Department of [...]/ Dorothea Lange.’


Creation

  • Creation

    photographer: Dorothea Lange (mentioned on object), Arizona

  • Dating

    1940-11

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    ontwikkelgelatinezilverdruk

  • Dimensions

    • height 458 mm x width 355 mm
    • height 250 mm x width 250 mm

Explanatory note

  • Elizabeth Tupe [?] werkte als katoenplukster, haar vader was lid van de Casa Grande cooperative farms nabij Coolidge in Maricopa County, Arizona.


This work is about

  • Subject

  • Place


Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    Purchased with the support of the BankGiro Lottery

  • Acquisition

    purchase 2013

  • Copyright

    Oakland Museum of California


Documentation

  • Elliott, George P. Dorothea Lange. Museum of Modern Art New York in collaboration with Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Oakland Museum and the Worcester Art Museum, 1966. p. 30


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