Lot #173: ARTHUR ROTHSTEIN - Dust Storm, Cimarron County, Oklahoma - Original vintage photogravure

 

Artist: Arthur Rothstein (American, 1915 - 1985).
Title: "Dust Storm, Cimarron County, Oklahoma".
Medium: Original vintage photogravure.
Date: Composed c1936. Printed 1937.
Dimensions: Image size: 8 1/4 x 10 7/8 in. (210 x 276 mm).
Lot Note(s): Stamped with the photographer's name, verso. Edition unknown, presumed small. High-grade archival paper. Printed to the edge of the sheet. Fine, quality printing. Very good to fine condition; affixed to very thin and supple archival acid-free support sheet, not mount/board. Comment(s): According to “Gordon’s Photography Prices” the auction record for a silver print of this image is $36,000 realized at Phillips, New York, 4/26/2006, lot #38. One of the most famous images from the Depression era. For the U.S. Resettlement Administration. This image is not copyrighted; it is in the public domain. [25878-2-225]