Slums Near Washington, D.C., 1939

  • Arthur Rothstein, American, 1915-1985

Gelatin silver print

  • Image: 9 5/8 × 7 3/4 inches (24.4 × 19.7 cm) Sheet: 10 × 8 inches (25.4 × 20.3 cm)

Museum Purchase, Albert and Peggy de Salle Charitable Trust

2004.55

Department

Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Signed, in pencil, verso, lower right, verso: Arthur Rothstein

Inscribed, in pencil, verso, upper center: Slums near Capital, Washington, D.C. | date | orig. caption | ask Leroy Inscribed, in pencil, verso, center: 26043 A Inscribed, in pencil, verso, lower center: From the personal collection of | Marion Post Wolcott | (acquired from FSA in 1939-40 | An Original vintage FSA print

1939-1940, Farm Security Administration

collection of Marion Post Woolcott. 2004, (Halsted Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan, USA)

2004-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Arthur Rothstein, Slums Near Washington, D.C., 1939, gelatin silver print. Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum Purchase, Albert and Peggy de Salle Charitable Trust, 2004.55.