Farmer who abandoned his home and moved to a dugout near town to become eligible for relief, Grassy Butte, North Dakota

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Farmer who abandoned his home and moved to a dugout near town to become eligible for relief, Grassy Butte, North Dakota
Farmer who abandoned his home and moved to a dugout near town to become eligible for relief, Grassy Butte, North Dakota
Artist/Maker (American, 1915 - 1985)
Date1936 (printed later)
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 10 1/2 × 13 9/16 in. (26.7 × 34.4 cm) Sheet: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2018.12.111
Not on view
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Provenance 2018: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by gift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling.
Markings Stamps: "ARTHUR ROTHSTEIN / PHOTOGRAPH / from the collection of / GRACE ROTHSTEIN" on verso at lower right in black ink; "PHOTOGRAPH BY / ARTHUR ROTHSTEIN" on verso at lower center in black ink; label: "[barcode] / QR001381" on verso at lower right.
Published References Illustrated in Arthur Rothstein, The American West in the Thirties (New York: Dover, 1981), 58.
Signature Not signed.
Inscribed "5101" on verso at center in pencil; "5101 - Farmer who abandoned his home and moved to a dugout near town to become eligible for relief, Grassy Butte, North Dakota, 7/36" on verso at lower center in pencil; "G22-125 <17.070>" on verso at lower left in pencil; "AR-185.01, 2200" on verso at lower right in pencil.

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