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Migrant Mother, Nipoma, California by Dorothea Lange — VisualArtsDB

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Migrant Mother, Nipoma, California

Migrant Mother, Nipoma, California

Migrant Mother, Nipoma, California

1936

Medium: Photogravure
Dimensions: Image: 30.4 × 23.5 cm (12 × 9 5/16 in.); Paper: 51.7 × 40.5 cm (20 3/8 × 16 in.)
Genre: Photographs
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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