Arthur Rothstein
Shucking Oysters, Bivalve, New Jersey

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Shucking Oysters, Bivalve, New Jersey
Date1938, printed 1970s
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 1/2 × 6 5/16 in. (24.2 × 16 cm)
Sheet: 9 15/16 × 7 15/16 in. (25.3 × 20.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by W. Temple Webber III
Object number2020.189
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Heritage Auctions, Dallas, August 12, 2020, Lot 39087]; purchased by MFAH, 2020.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil, verso, lower right center: Arthur [sic] Rothstein // BIVALVe [sic], New Jersey
Inscribed in pencil, verso, bottom center edge: Arthur Rothstein // 1938

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