Collection of Dorothea Lange By descent to the present owners
Literature
John Szarkowski, The Museum of Modern Art, Dorothea Lange, p. 52 Therese Heyman, John Szarkowski, and Sandra Phillips, Dorothea Lange: American Photographs, pl. 112
Catalogue Essay
The photographs in Dorothea Lange: The Family Collection were in the photographer’s collection at the time of her death and thenceforth passed to her descendants. The images represent the entirety of Lange’s career as one of the foremost documentary photographers of the 20th century, from work made before her engagement with the Resettlement Administration, later the Farm Security Administration, in the 1930s, to the travel photography that absorbed her in her final years, as well as more personal images of her family. Each print bears a Family Collection stamp on the reverse.
On the Great Plains, Three Churches of Three Denominations, Near Winner, South Dakota
1941 Gelatin silver print, probably printed 1950s or earlier. 7 3/8 x 6 3/4 in. (18.7 x 17.1 cm) A family collection stamp and notations in an unidentified hand in ink on the verso.