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"A Destitute Mother: The Type Aided by the WPA" by Dorothea Lange — VisualArtsDB

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"A Destitute Mother: The Type Aided by the WPA"

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"A Destitute Mother: The Type Aided by the WPA"

1936

Medium: Gelatin silver print with gouache (painted and airbrushed), ink and grease pencil
Dimensions: 10 × 7 11/16" (25.5 × 19.6 cm)
Genre: Photographs
Museum: Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York City, NY, US

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