Arthur Rothstein
Girl at Gee's Bend, Alabama

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Girl at Gee's Bend, Alabama
  • Artelia Bendolph
DateApril 1937, printed 1981
Place depictedGee's Bend (Boykin), Alabama, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 8 7/8 × 12 in. (22.5 × 30.5 cm)
Sheet: 10 7/8 × 14 in. (27.6 × 35.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. George Peterkin, Jr.
Object number2011.654.2
Non exposé

Explore Further

Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceGeorge Peterkin, Jr.; given to MFAH, 2011.
Exhibition History"American Made: 250 Years of American Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, July 7, 2012–January 2, 2013.

"Norman Rockwell: American Freedom," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, December 15, 2019–March 22, 2020.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed in pencil, recto, lower right below image: Arthur Rothstein
Embossed, recto, lower left corner: h / p

[no verso inscriptions]
Signed in pencil, recto, lower right below image: Arthur Rothstein

Cataloguing data may change with further research.

If you have questions about this work of art or the MFAH Online Collection please contact us.

George Washington Carver (1864-1943) at Tuskegee Institute, Alabama
Arthur Rothstein
1942
Gelatin silver print
79.249
George Washington Carver, Tuskegee, Alabama
Arthur Rothstein
1941
Gelatin silver print
2011.654.19
Safety Meeting, Wilson Dam, Alabama
Arthur Rothstein
June 1942, printed 1976
Gelatin silver print
76.414
Abandoned Gas Station, Fort Worth-Dallas Highway, Texas
Arthur Rothstein
1942, printed 1970s
Gelatin silver print
2020.188
Son of a Sharecropper, Wilson Cotton Plantation, Arkansas
Arthur Rothstein
1935, printed 1970s
Gelatin silver print
2020.187
Eddie Nicholson's Wife and Child, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia
Arthur Rothstein
1935, printed 1970s
Gelatin silver print
2020.190
Shucking Oysters, Bivalve, New Jersey
Arthur Rothstein
1938, printed 1970s
Gelatin silver print
2020.189
Defense Bond Display, Grand Central Station, New York City
Arthur Rothstein
1941, printed 1970s
Gelatin silver print
2020.191
Dust Storm, Oklahoma
Arthur Rothstein
1936
Gelatin silver print
2002.2791
Postmaster, Old Rag, Virginia
Arthur Rothstein
1935
Gelatin silver print
79.242
Bank that Failed, Kansas
Arthur Rothstein
1936
Gelatin silver print
79.244