Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California

Nipomo, CA, 1936

Dorothea Lange

Gelatin silver print

Gift of the Art Guild of the Oakland Museum of California

13.25 in x 9.25 in

A65.104.2

Alternate Title and/or Date
During her lifetime Lange’s photographs appeared in a variety of exhibitions and publications, sometimes years after they were taken. This often resulted in multiple titles for the same image.
Destitute pea pickers in California. Mother of seven children. Age thirty-two. Nipomo, California.