America 1935–43: Farm Security Administration Photographs
- When 28 Apr - 16 May 1987
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Where
IVAN DOUGHERTY GALLERY
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Address
SELWYN ST, PADDINGTON NSW 2021
American photographers of the 1930s and 1940s. Exploring the 'human document' designed to inform emotion rather than intellect. This exhibition draws from the collection of these photographs from the National Gallery of Victoria.
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Organised by John Delacour and Isobel Crombie






Images:
1. Installation view, 'America 1935–43: Farm Security Administration Photographs', Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney, 1987.
2. Aurthur Rothstein, Eroded land on tenant's farm, Walker Country, Alabama 1937. Installation view, 'America 1935–43: Farm Security Administration Photographs', Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney, 1987.
3. Ben Shahn (American 1898–1968), Wife and child of sharecropper, Mrs. Mulhal, Ozark Mountains, Arkansas 1935. Installation view, 'America 1935–43: Farm Security Administration Photographs', Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney, 1987.
4. Jack Delano, Interior of Negro Rural Home, Greene County, Georgia 1941. Installation view, 'America 1935–43: Farm Security Administration Photographs', Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney, 1987.
5. Dorothea Lange, Greek migratory woman living in a cotton camp near Exeter, California, ca. 1935. Installation view, 'America 1935–43: Farm Security Administration Photographs', Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney, 1987.
6. A Man with his Family, Trampas, New Mexico 1943. Installation view, 'America 1935–43: Farm Security Administration Photographs', Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney, 1987.
7. Arthur Rothstein, Garrett County, Maryland, 1936. Installation view, 'America 1935–43: Farm Security Administration Photographs', Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney, 1987.
8. Tile and Banner Image: Creek Baptism at Morehead, Kentucky in 1940. Installation view, 'America 1935–43: Farm Security Administration Photographs', Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney, 1987.