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Arthur Rothstein, [African American Family at Gee's Bend, Alabama]

Arthur Rothstein

American · 1915–1985 · Photographer

Arthur Rothstein was an American photographer. His career spanned five decades, and he received recognition as one of America's premier photojournalists. (Wikipedia)

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  1. Arthur Rothstein, Farmer and sons walking in the face of a dust storm, Cimarron County, Oklahoma, 1936, Gelatin silver printFarmer and sons walking in the face of a dust storm, Cimarron County, OklahomaPhillips · $15,000≈ £10,617≈ €12,191Sign up to see
  2. Arthur Rothstein, Wife and child of a sharecropper, Washington County, Arkansas, 1935, Vintage gelatin silver printWife and child of a sharecropper, Washington County, ArkansasLempertz · €1,701≈ $1,985≈ £1,491Sign up to see
  3. Arthur Rothstein, Fleeing a Dust Storm, Cimarron County, Oklahoma, 1936, Gelatin silver printFleeing a Dust Storm, Cimarron County, OklahomaBonhams · $1,250≈ £821≈ €959Sign up to see

Arthur Rothstein’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).

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Arthur Rothstein, Wife and child of a sharecropper, Washington County, Arkansas, 1935, Vintage gelatin silver print
Wife and child of a sharecropper, Washington County, Arkansas, 1935
Lempertz · Dec 3, 2025
€1,701Sign up free to see
Arthur Rothstein, Farmer who will be resettled, Wolf Creek Farms, Georgia, 1935, Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Farmer who will be resettled, Wolf Creek Farms, Georgia, 1935
Lempertz · Dec 3, 2025
€983Sign up free to see
Dust Storm, Cimarron County, Oklahoma
Helmuth Stone Gallery · Sep 24, 2023
$630Sign up free to see
Arthur Rothstein, Farmer and sons walking in the face of a dust storm, Cimarron County, Oklahoma, 1936, Gelatin silver print
Farmer and sons walking in the face of a dust storm, Cimarron County, Oklahoma, 1936
Phillips · Apr 9, 2018
$15,000Sign up free to see
Arthur Rothstein, Fleeing a Dust Storm, Cimarron County, Oklahoma, 1936, Gelatin silver print
Fleeing a Dust Storm, Cimarron County, Oklahoma, 1936
Bonhams · Jun 30, 2013
$1,250Sign up free to see
Arthur Rothstein, Three Photographs including: Minnie Knox, Garrett County, MD, 1937, Three gelatin silver prints
Three Photographs including: Minnie Knox, Garrett County, MD, 1937
Bonhams · Jan 22, 2026
Arthur Rothstein, Saturday Night, Birmingham, Alabama, 1940, Gelatin silver print, printed later
Saturday Night, Birmingham, Alabama, 1940
Lempertz · Dec 1, 2017
Arthur Rothstein, Fairfield, Montana, 1939, Gelatin silver print
Fairfield, Montana, 1939
Bonhams · Jan 26, 2015

Works in museum collections

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Arthur Rothstein, [African American Family at Gee's Bend, Alabama]
[African American Family at Gee's Bend, Alabama]1937 · Gelatin silver print
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Alfred Stieglitz Society Gifts, 200…
Arthur Rothstein, Farmer and Sons Walking in the Face of a Dust Storm
Farmer and Sons Walking in the Face of a Dust Storm1936
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Library of Congress Prints and Photog…

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