First Born

Dorothea Lange (1895-1965)

Date

1952
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Gelatin silver print
Dimensions

Image: 13 1/4 x 10 1/4 in.
Sheet: 9 15/16 x 7 15/16 in.
Inscriptions

Sheet, verso:
u.l. printed label with black ink handwriting: This print comes from the estate of the artist and was in her collection at the time of her death. / [signature] / John E. Dixon / Son of Dorothea Lange
c. in graphite: 17 sec / f8 / #5
c. in black porous point pen: 52 113 #7
l.e. in graphite: DL0032 F126
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, Bequest of Finis Welch
Accession Number

P2021.46.77
Copyright

© The Dorothea Lange Collection, the Oakland Museum of California. Gift of Paul S. Taylor

Beauty and Life: The Finis Welch Collection

February 20–May 8, 2022

Beauty and Life features a selection of artworks from a collection of over 240 photographs and works on paper gifted to the Carter by Texas collector Finis Welch. Photographs from Ansel Adams, Edward Steichen, Dorothea Lange, Marco Breuer, Edward Weston, and more are on view for the first time at the Carter.

Location: Off view

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