The 28.3 by 21.8 cm (11 1/8 by 8 9/16 in) gelatin silver print depicts a mother anxiously gazing into the distance, with an infant in her lap and two older children huddling close by. The photo captures the plight of migrant farm workers who arrived in California en masse looking for employment during the Great Depression.

In the image, thirty-two-year-old migrant farmworker Florence Owens Thompson and three of her children are depicted huddled together in a tent at a pea-pickers’ camp in Nipomo, California. Lange’s taut composition excludes all but the most essential information.

Dimensions Image: 30.4 × 23.5 cm (12 × 9 5/16 in.); Paper: 51.7 × 40.5 cm (20 3/8 × 16 in.) Credit Line Bequest of Michael Cohen Reference Number 2008.421 Extended information about this artwork. Object information is a work in progress and may be updated as new research findings emerge. To help improve this record, please email .

Title: Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California; Creator lifespan: 1895/1965; Creator's nationality: American; Creator's gender: female; Date created: 1936; origin: United States; Physical Dimensions:...

2020年9月11日 · The photograph that has become known as "Migrant Mother" is one of a series of photographs that Dorothea Lange made of Florence Owens Thompson and her children in March of 1936 in Nipomo, California. Lange was concluding a month's trip photographing migratory farm labor around the state for what was then the Resettlement Administration.

Artist: Dorothea Lange (American, 1895–1965) Date: March 1936. Medium: Gelatin silver print. Dimensions: 18.4 x 24.2 cm (7 1/4 x 9 1/2 in. ) Classification: Photographs. Credit Line: Purchase, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Gift, through Joyce and Robert Menschel, and Jennifer and Joseph Duke Gift, 2000. Object Number: 2000.351.1.

Migrant Mother of 6, Age 32, Now Living in California Artist name Dorothea Lange Date created 1936; printed 1971 Classification photograph Medium gelatin silver print Dimensions 9 1/4 × 7 5/8 in. (23.5 × 19.37 cm) Date acquired 1971 Credit Collection SFMOMA Purchase Permanent URL https://www.sfmoma.org/artwork/71.71.10 Artwork status

Migrant Mother, a timeless image of hardship and courage and Dorothea Lange's most iconic image, was made under the auspices of the Farm Security Administration (FSA) initiative during America's Great Depression.

Lange's migrant mother becomes a symbol of both strife and fortitude in the face of adversity, suggesting the condition of millions of her fellow Americans. Dorothea Lange began as...

2020年4月1日 · A mural-size photomosaic of Migrant Mother, composed of hundreds of tiny FSA images, was produced by Robert Silver, an MIT student who invented the process. The large aluminum-backed photograph realized $14,375 on October 18, 2018 , ushering in a new generation of collectors.