Untitled (Rural Resettlement Office – Check)
Artist
Arthur Rothstein
DateNegative March 1936, printed 1930s
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 10 1/2 × 13 3/8 in. (26.7 × 34 cm)
Support: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
Mat: 16 3/8 × 20 3/8 in. (41.6 × 51.8 cm)
Support: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
Mat: 16 3/8 × 20 3/8 in. (41.6 × 51.8 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineGift of William H. Redd and James T. Redd III, in memory of their father, James T. Redd Jr., 2021
Object number2021.3.6
DescriptionClose profiles of a man handing a check to another man. At left is smiling man wearing a light-colored, long-sleeved shirt and possibly overalls, with his left hand holding a woven hat and braced against a door jamb. His right arm is bent at the ebow and extended in front of him with his hand holding the edge of a check. At right is a man wearing a light-colored, long-sleeved shirt, a dark vest with things in its pocket, and checked tie. He is wearing metal eyeglasses and has a pipe clenched between his teeth. His right arm and hand are extended in front of him holding the edge of a check. On the wall behind them, near center, is a hand-lettered sign reading “Rural/Resettlement/Office” and an electrical light switch.On View
Not on view
1970-1972
