Home of tenant farmer who is to be resettled, Irwinville Farms, Georgia

Artist Arthur Rothstein (American, 1915 - 1985)

Date1935

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage and sheet: 12 1/16 × 10 1/4 inches (30.64 × 26.04 cm)
Mount: 20 × 15 1/8 inches (50.8 × 38.42 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2016.75.252

SignedSigned on mount recto, lower right, in pencil: “ROTHSTEIN”; Artist’s information on mount verso, center, in black pen: “ARTHUR ROTHSTEIN / INFORMATION DIVISION / RESETLEMENT ADMINISTRATION / WASHINGTON, D.C.”.

InscribedTyped label affixed to mount recto, bottom, in black ink: “HOME OF TENANT FARMER WHO IS TO BE RESETTLED / IRWINVILLE FARMS, GEORGIA”; Titled on mount verso, center, in pencil: “Home of tenant farmer who is / to be resettled – Irwingville Farms - / ga”.

MarkingsOn mount verso, bottom, in pencil: “PF73472-111”; Label printed on original mount verso, top and bottom, in blue ink: “ARTIST / Drawing Board / For Pen, Pencil Drawing Ink, Water Coloring Etc. / This surface is especially / adapted for uses of Archi- / tects Artists and other / professions and in all in- / stances has been pro- / nounced satisfactory / HURLOCKS / ROYAL / CREST / TRADE MARK / “REGISTERED” / MADE IN / HEAVY WEIGHT SIZE 20 X 30 inches / “ “ “ 30 x 40 inches / EXTRA HEAVY SIZE 20 X 30 inches / “ “ “ 30 x 40 inches / HURLOCK BROS COMPANY, Mfgs., Philadelphia, U.S.A.”

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DescriptionImage of large tree beside winding road leading to a farmhouse; dark billowy clouds loom overhead.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

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.

Provenance

The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2016;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.

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