Girl at Gee's Bend, Alabama

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Artist Arthur Rothstein (American, 1915–1985)American, 1915–1985

CultureAmerican

Titles

Girl at Gee's Bend, Alabama
Artelia Bendolph

DateApril 1937, printed 1981

Place depictedGee's Bend (Boykin), Alabama, United States

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 8 7/8 × 12 in. (22.5 × 30.5 cm)
Sheet: 10 7/8 × 14 in. (27.6 × 35.6 cm)

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. George Peterkin, Jr.

Object number2011.654.2

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Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

ProvenanceGeorge Peterkin, Jr.; given to MFAH, 2011.
Exhibition History"American Made: 250 Years of American Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, July 7, 2012–January 2, 2013.

"Norman Rockwell: American Freedom," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, December 15, 2019–March 22, 2020.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Signed in pencil, recto, lower right below image: Arthur Rothstein
Embossed, recto, lower left corner: h / p

[no verso inscriptions]

Signed in pencil, recto, lower right below image: Arthur Rothstein

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