A black-and-white photograph portrays a young Black boy gazing out of the open window of a log cabin.
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Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College

A black-and-white photograph shows the upper half of a young Black boy with short braids, off center to the right, standing in the open window of a log cabin with his hands resting on the windowsill. He wears a long-sleeve top with open collar, and gazes out to the left with furrowed brow. A tattered newspaper page is stuck to the inside of the open window shutter. Dirt and grass fill in the gaps between the logs of the cabin.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2.2002.1061
People
Arthur Rothstein, American (New York, N.Y. 1915 - 1985 New Rochelle, N.Y.)
Title
Gee's Bend, Alabama (Artelia Bendolph)
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1937
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, Alabama
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/158214

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 26.1 x 33.4 cm (10 1/4 x 13 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, lower edge, in black ink, unknown hand: FSA 25359 -- Gee's Bend, Alabama -- 1937
  • stamp: verso, lower edge, in black ink: Photo by
    ARTHUR ROTHSTEIN

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Gift of the artist
Accession Year
2011
Object Number
2.2002.1061
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 1320 Social Realism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/05/2016 - 03/29/2017

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