2 photographs, including 'Native Californian' and 'God Bless Nora Kennedy,' each mounted, signed, titled, and dated in pencil on the mount, the photographer's 'Dorothea Lange, 1163 Euclid Avenue, Berkeley, 8, California' studio label and a 'Photography Collection of the Polaroid Corporation' label, with typed credit, title, and process and accession information in ink, on the reverse, 1954, printed no later than 1958 (MoMA, p. 68; Photographs of a Lifetime, p. 105; Heart and Mind of a Photographer, p. 197; Meltzer, p. 266; Human Face, p. 91; Country Woman, p. 15, cropped variants) (2)

Each acquired from the photographer in June 1958 for the Library Collection

'Native Californian - From the series Ten Women' - This print is in generally excellent condition. Upon close examination, tiny pin-point and linear impressions that do not break the emulsion are visible along the left and lower edges. The print is lifting from the mount along the right edge. The Collection label is affixed at its upper edge only to the reverse of the mount. 'God Bless Nora Kennedy' (from the series The Irish Countryman) - This print is in generally excellent condition. In raking light, the following are visible: deposits of original retouching; a ½-inch linear scratch near the sitter's head that appears to break the emulsion intermittently; and a slightly raised area where the address label is affixed to the mount on the reverse. On the reverse of the mount, there are stray graphite marks and fingerprints. The Collection label is affixed to the mount along its upper edge only.
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