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Built in Texas by Texans, Oakland by Dorothea Lange — VisualArtsDB

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Built in Texas by Texans, Oakland

Built in Texas by Texans, Oakland

Built in Texas by Texans, Oakland

1957

Dimensions: 14.3 Centimeters (Measurements) × 21.4 Centimeters (Measurements) × 20 Centimeters (Measurements) × 25 Centimeters (Measurements)
Genre: Artwork
Museum: J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA, US

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Object Record Structure: Whole

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Indonesia

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Black Maria, Oakland, from the series "Public Defender"

Dorothea Lange, 1957

Lyde Wall, friend and neighbor, who makes "the world’s best apple pie", and knows everything going on for miles around, Berkeley, California

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Torso, San Francisco

Dorothea Lange, 1923

Woman in the City, New York (Herald Square) or San Francisco (Union Square)

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Dorothea Lange, 1952

Church, New Mexico

Church, New Mexico

Dorothea Lange, 1931