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Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California by Dorothea Lange — VisualArtsDB

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Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California

Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California

Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California

1936

Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: Image: 34 × 26.7 cm (13 7/16 × 10 9/16 in.); Paper: 35.7 × 28 cm (14 1/16 × 11 1/16 in.)
Genre: Photographs
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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