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Dorothea Lange — Potato picking, Shafter, California
Dorothea Lange

Potato picking, Shafter, California

Dorothea Lange's documentary photograph of workers engaged in potato picking in Shafter, California, rendered in gelatin silver print. The work captures agricultural labor and working conditions.

Medium
Gelatin silver print.
Spotted At
Auction House · Phillips

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Photographs from the Martin Z. Margulies Foundation Part II

October 9, 2024

Lot 108

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Dorothea Lange, Potato picking, Shafter, California

Dorothea Lange's documentary photograph of workers engaged in potato picking in Shafter, California, rendered in gelatin silver print. The work captures agricultural labor and working conditions.

Medium
Gelatin silver print.
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Monochrome, 20th Century, Farm Workers, Documentary, American, Photograph, California, Landscape, Gelatin Silver Print, Labor, Dorothea Lange, Working Class, Realistic, Migrant Labor, Agricultural, Social Documentary, Rural, Agricultural Labor, Black and White, Social, Social Realism

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