Artist
Arthur Rothstein (American, 1915–1985)American, 1915–1985
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Skull, Badlands, South Dakota
- The bleached skull of a steer on the dry sun-baked earth of the South Dakota Badlands
DateMay 1936, printed 1981
Place depictedSouth Dakota, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 8 15/16 × 8 3/4 in. (22.7 × 22.2 cm)
Sheet: 14 × 10 15/16 in. (35.6 × 27.8 cm)
Sheet: 14 × 10 15/16 in. (35.6 × 27.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. George Peterkin, Jr.
Object number2011.654.6
Non exposé
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PhotographyObject Type
ProvenanceGeorge Peterkin, Jr.; given to MFAH, 2011.
Exhibition History“Made for Magazines: Iconic 20th-Century Photographs,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 9–May 4, 2014.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
lower right below image in pencil "Arthur Rothstein"
recto lower left corner an embossed stamp "h / p"
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