Copper Pit, Ruth, Nevada
Catalogue
- Year
- 1940
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
- 9 1/2 × 7 1/8" (24.1 × 18.1 cm)
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Artist
- Arthur Rothstein
Artist
Photography
Arthur Rothstein was an American photographer born in 1915 who documented rural America during the Great Depression and World War II as a Farm Security Administration photographer. His stark black-and-white images captured agricultural hardship, migrant labor, and social conditions across the American South and Midwest. Rothstein later worked as a photojournalist and staff photographer for major publications, extending his documentary practice into the postwar era. His work established a foundational visual language for American social documentary photography.
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1951 · Gelatin silver print, No. 29, from the portfolio "Arthur Rothstein" (1981)
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1949 · Gelatin silver print, No. 27, from the portfolio "Arthur Rothstein" (1981)
American Soldiers in Nightclub, Vienna, Austria
1947 · Gelatin silver print, No. 28, from the portfolio "Arthur Rothstein" (1981)
Farmers in the Market, Tocco, Italy
1947 · Gelatin silver print, No. 26, from the portfolio "Arthur Rothstein" (1981)
Coal Miners, Wales
1947 · Gelatin silver print, No. 24, from the portfolio "Arthur Rothstein" (1981)
Young Coal Miner, Wales
1947 · Gelatin silver print, No. 25, from the portfolio "Arthur Rothstein" (1981)
Record
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- Arthur Rothstein
- Year
- 1940
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
- 9 1/2 × 7 1/8" (24.1 × 18.1 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1940-M039388
Source
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Source
- moma
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified