Arthur Rothstein
Migrant Family, Oklahoma

Migrant Family, Oklahoma

Public Domain

ArtistAmerican, 1915–1985
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Migrant Family, Oklahoma
Date1936, printed 1981
Place depictedOklahoma, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 8 1/16 × 12 1/16 in. (20.5 × 30.6 cm)
 Sheet: 10 15/16 × 14 in. (27.8 × 35.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. George Peterkin, Jr.
Object number2011.654.4
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceGeorge Peterkin, Jr.; given to MFAH, 2011.
Exhibition History"Introducing America to Americans: Depression-era Photographs from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts, Spring, Texas, June 10–September 9, 2017.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
lower right below image in pencil "Arthur Rothstein"
recto lower left corner an embossed stamp "h / p"

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