Dorothea LangeAmerican, 1895–1965Highway 50
May one see it?
Not receiving at present
National Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C., United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
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- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Particulars
- Accession number
- 2026.1.49
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- National Gallery of Art
- Image: National Gallery of Art — © the artist or rights holder
Meanwhile, in the life of Dorothea Lange
The whole life1952
Co-founds the magazine “Aperture”
In 1952 Lange was one of the co-founders of the photography magazine Aperture.
c. 1955
Life commissions a story on the dying town of Monticello
In the mid-1950s Life commissioned Lange and Pirkle Jones to document the death of the California town of Monticello, whose residents were displaced when Putah Creek was dammed to form Lake Berryessa. When Life decided not to run the piece, Lange devoted an entire issue of Aperture to it.
1955–1965
Her health declines
Lange’s health declined in the last decade of her life; among other conditions she suffered from what was later identified as post-polio syndrome.
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