Artist
Arthur Rothstein (American, 1915–1985)American, 1915–1985
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Wife and child of a sharecropper, Washington County, Arkansas
DateAugust 1935, printed 1976
Place depictedArkansas, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 13 1/2 × 8 15/16 in. (34.3 × 22.7 cm)
Sheet: 13 15/16 × 11 in. (35.4 × 27.9 cm)
Sheet: 13 15/16 × 11 in. (35.4 × 27.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Mr. and Mrs. Alvin S. Romansky
Object number76.413
Non exposé
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Exhibition History"Norman Rockwell: American Freedom," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, December 15, 2019–March 22, 2020.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Stamped in black, verso, right center: Reproduced from the collection of the Library of Congress [reading vertically]
Inscribed in pencil, verso, lower right: Arthur Rothstein // Sharecropper’s Wife // & Child // Arkansas 1938
Inscribed in pencil, verso, lower right corner: 23801 [underlined] // F33-2022-3 // P5 [reading vertically]
Inscribed in pencil, verso, lower right: Arthur Rothstein // Sharecropper’s Wife // & Child // Arkansas 1938
Inscribed in pencil, verso, lower right corner: 23801 [underlined] // F33-2022-3 // P5 [reading vertically]
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