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Plantation Overseer and his Field Hands, Mississippi Delta by Dorothea Lange

Plantation Overseer and his Field Hands, Mississippi Delta

Dorothea Lange · 1936

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DETAILS
Artist
Dorothea Lange
Date
1936
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Location
Art Institute of Chicago
Dimensions
Image: 18.7 × 24.1 cm (7 3/8 × 9 1/2 in.)
Collection
Photography and Media
Culture
United States
Credit line
Purchased with funds provided by Vicki and Thomas Horwich
ART MOVEMENTS
Social Realism
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