Arthur Rothstein
Shucking Oysters, Bivalve, New Jersey

ArtistAmerican, 1915–1985
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
Not on view

Explore Further

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

Cataloguing data may change with further research.

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

John Marin in his Studio, Hoboken, New Jersey
Arthur Rothstein
1949
Gelatin silver print
2011.654.27
Oysters
Lilo Raymond
1971
Gelatin silver print
2002.3031
Defense Bond Display, Grand Central Station, New York City
Arthur Rothstein
1941, printed 1970s
Gelatin silver print
2020.191
Christmas Window, Oswego County, New York
Arthur Rothstein
1937
Gelatin silver print
79.246
Army Captain, New Delhi, India
Arthur Rothstein
1944
Gelatin silver print
79.250
At a Charity Ball, New York City
Arthur Rothstein
1951
Gelatin silver print
2011.654.29
Shoeshine Man, New York City
Arthur Rothstein
1937
Gelatin silver print
2011.654.16
John Dudeck, Dalton, New York
Arthur Rothstein
December 1937, printed 1981
Gelatin silver print
2011.654.9
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
Dust Storm, Oklahoma
Arthur Rothstein
1936
Gelatin silver print
2002.2791