Arthur Rothstein

American, 1915 - 1985

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Arthur Rothstein, Audience watching play in recreation hall, Tulare Migrant Camp, Visalia, California, March 1940, gelatin silver print, Corcoran Collection (Gift of Joshua P. Smith), 2015.19.4947

Audience watching play in recreation hall, Tulare Migrant Camp, Visalia, California

Arthur Rothstein · March 1940 · gelatin silver print ·  Accession ID  2015.19.4947

Arthur Rothstein, Weighing Cotton, Kaufman County, Texas, 1936, gelatin silver print, Gift of the UBS Art Collection, 2023.30.125

Weighing Cotton, Kaufman County, Texas

Arthur Rothstein · 1936 · gelatin silver print ·  Accession ID  2023.30.125

A man and two children dash for a dilapidated, wooden structure in a flat, deserted landscape in this horizontal photograph. The dusty sky and sandy ground blend together in a haze. The man is tall and wears a dark coat and hat. His head tipped down so the brim protects his face, and he leans forward. Next to him is a child wearing a white cap. A few steps behind them, to our right, is another child with his or her hands in the air. The building is a low, A-frame structure made of broken, horizontal wood planks. The gently sloping tin roof is held down by what seems to be larger pieces of wood. The door is in the center of the side we see, and is constructed of vertical planks of wood fastened by dark metal bits. To the left of the door a large hole appears to have been patched in the side of the structure.
Arthur Rothstein, Dust Storm, Cimarron County, Oklahoma, 1936, gelatin silver print, Gift of the UBS Art Collection, 2023.30.124

Dust Storm, Cimarron County, Oklahoma

Arthur Rothstein · 1936 · gelatin silver print ·  Accession ID  2023.30.124

Arthur Rothstein, Wife and Children of Sharecropper, Washington County, Arkansas, 1935, gelatin silver print, Gift of Robert B. Menschel, 2022.154.18

Wife and Children of Sharecropper, Washington County, Arkansas

Arthur Rothstein · 1935 · gelatin silver print ·  Accession ID  2022.154.18