Arthur Rothstein
The Bleached Skull of a Steer on the Dry, Sun-Baked Earth of the South Dakota Badlands

The Bleached Skull of a Steer on the Dry, Sun-Baked Earth of the South Dakota Badlands

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The Bleached Skull of a Steer on the Dry, Sun-Baked Earth of the South Dakota Badlands
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • The Bleached Skull of a Steer on the Dry, Sun-Baked Earth of the South Dakota Badlands
DateMay 1936
Place depictedBadlands, South Dakota, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 8 1/8 × 8 1/4 in. (20.6 × 21 cm)
Sheet: 13 15/16 × 11 1/16 in. (35.4 × 28.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Marion Post Wolcott
Object number79.245
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceMarion Post Wolcott; given to MFAH, 1979.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso bottom in pencil "4507-the bleached skull of a steer on the / dry, sun-baked earth of the / South Dakota Badlands-May 1936"
bottom right below image and verso bottom right "Arthur Rothstein"
verso top right corner a stamp "02"
center a stamp "ARTHUR ROTHSTEIN"

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