Arthur Rothstein
Eddie Nicholson's Wife and Child, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia

ArtistAmerican, 1915–1985
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Eddie Nicholson's Wife and Child, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia
Date1935, printed 1970s
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 1/16 × 9 7/16 in. (18 × 24 cm)
Sheet: 7 15/16 × 9 15/16 in. (20.2 × 25.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by W. Temple Webber III
Object number2020.190
Not on view

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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, upper right, sideways: 0 7 ½ 11
Inscribed in pencil, verso, center: EDDie NICholsN’S [sic] // Wife And ChilD [sic] // VIRGiniA [SIC]
Inscribed in pencil, verso, bottom center edge: ARthuR RothsteiN [sic[ 1935

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