An evicted Arkansas sharecropper, now settled at Hill House Mississippi
- Title:
- An evicted Arkansas sharecropper, now settled at Hill House Mississippi
- Collection:
- Introduction to Photography Collections at Cornell
- Set:
- Labor and Work
- Creator:
- Lange, Dorothea
- Creation Date:
- 1936
- ID Number:
- 2018.095.025
- File Name:
- 2018.095.025.jpg
- Work Type:
- photograph
- Materials/Techniques:
- gelatin silver print, ferryotyped
- Subject:
- unemployed people
sharecropping
Agricultural laborers - Measurement:
- 25.2 x 20.5 (Sheet) (centimeters, height x width)
- Description:
- Portrait from slightly below of a thin, light skinned older man in overalls and a striped shirt. He has a full head of white hair, a lined face, and a 5 o'clock shadow. He's squinting out to the left beyond the camera, with his mouth slightly open and the muscles in his jaw tensed. The space behind him is completely blank, and only a little lighter than his shirt.
- Cite As:
- Dorothea Lange (American, 1895–1965), An evicted Arkansas sharecropper, now settled at Hill House Mississippi, 1936. Gelatin silver print, ferryotyped, 9 15/16 x 8 1/16 in. (25.2 x 20.5 cm). Gift of Diann G. Mann, Class of 1966, and Thomas A. Mann, Class of 1964, 2018.095.025.
- Repository:
- Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
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