Dorothea LangeAmerican, 1895–1965Oak Trunk
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The Museum of Modern Art
New York, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
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- 10 days ago
- Source
- The museum's own collection data
Particulars
- Accession number
- 446.1995
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- The Museum of Modern Art: the museum's own open data · fetched 10 days ago
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Meanwhile, in the life of Dorothea Lange
The whole lifec. 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.
1958
A journey around the world with her husband
From 1958 Lange set off on a journey around the world with her second husband, Paul Taylor.
