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Farmers at auction
Farmers at auction
Artist/Maker (American, 1915 - 1985)
Date1940 (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 number2018.12.112
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: "PHOTOGRAPH BY / ARTHUR ROTHSTEIN" on verso at lower center in black ink; "ARTHUR ROTHSTEIN / PHOTOGRAPH / from the collection of / GRACE ROTHSTEIN" on verso at lower right in black ink.
Published References Illustrated in Arthur Rothstein, The Depression Years, As Photographed by Arthur Rothstein (New York: Dover, 1978), 22.
Signature Not signed.
Inscribed "09629" on verso at center in pencil; "29629 - Farmers at auction, Hastings, Nebraska 3/40" on verso at center in pencil; "G22-96, MULT 2/2, <17.013>" on verso at lower left in pencil; "2200 / AR156.01" on verso at lower right in pencil.
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
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Medium: Gelatin silver print
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Arthur Rothstein
Date: 1936 (printed later)
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Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2018.12.111
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Arthur Rothstein
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Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2018.12.110
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Medium: Gelatin silver print
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Medium: Gelatin silver print
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