Gee’s Bend, Alabama

1937

Arthur Rothstein

Associated Names
Arthur Rothstein

Artist, American, 1915 - 1985

The image depicts a young person leaning out of a window, with their arms resting on the window's edge. The person has short, textured hair and wears a light-colored, checkered shirt and a white undershirt. They are in a log structure, and the window has a makeshift covering made of newspaper. The background shows the log wall of the building, with mud packed between the logs.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York); Ron Perisho, Gettysburg, PA, 1993; NGA purchase, 2025.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, bottom right in graphite: Arthur Rothstein; by unknown hand, top right in graphite circled: 14; center stamped in black ink perpendicular: Photo By / ARTHUR ROTHSTEIN; by unknown hand, center in black crayon: 75; center right stamped in black ink perpendicular: PLEASE CREDIT / F. S. A. / FARM SECURITY ADMINISTRATION / PHOTO BY: ROTHSTEIN; by unknown hand, bottom left in graphite: PF8924

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