Postmaster Brown, Old Rag, Virginia

Artist Arthur Rothstein (American, 1915 - 1985)

DateOctober 1935

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 9 3/4 × 12 15/16 inches (24.77 × 32.86 cm)
Sheet: 11 × 13 7/8 inches (27.94 × 35.24 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.2908

SignedSigned on sheet recto, lower right, in pencil: "Arthur Rothstein"

InscribedTitled and dated on sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: "Postmaster Brown, Old Rag, Virginia - 1935"

MarkingsOn sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: "47-2-81", "P5.047.002.81".

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DescriptionImage of a man ("Postmaster Brown"), seated at a table reading a book.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Faces: An Exhibition from the Hallmark Photographic Collection. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 16 September 16 – October 21, 1984, no. 16.

Dignity vs. Despair: Dorothea Lange and the Depression Era Photographers, 1933-1941. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, June 23 – November 26, 2017, no cat.

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