The Bleached Skull of a Steer on the Dry, Sun-Baked Earth of the South Dakota Badlands
Artist
Arthur Rothstein (American, 1915–1985)American, 1915–1985
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)
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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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"
center a stamp "ARTHUR ROTHSTEIN"
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Arthur Rothstein
July 1936, printed 1981
Gelatin silver print
2011.654.3
