Son of a dust bowl farmer, Liberal, Kansas

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Son of a dust bowl farmer, Liberal, Kansas
Son of a dust bowl farmer, Liberal, Kansas
Artist/Maker (American, 1915 - 1985)
Date1936 (printed later)
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 10 1/2 × 13 5/8 in. (26.7 × 34.6 cm) Sheet: 10 15/16 × 14 1/8 in. (27.8 × 35.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2018.12.123
On view

Additional Details

Exhibition History 2024-2025
Clinton, NY. The Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Menagerie: Animals in Art from the Wellin Museum," September 7, 2024 –June 8, 2025 (no cat.).
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.
Published References Illustrated in Arthur Rothstein, The American West in the Thirties (New York: Dover, 1981), 56.
Signature Not signed.
Inscribed "<18.116> [sideways]" on verso at lower right in pencil; "G30-5" on verso at lower right in pencil; "2506 - Son of a dust bowl farmer, Liberal, Kansas, 1936" on verso at lower center in pencil; "AR-144.01 3000" on verso at lower left in pencil.
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