![Arthur Rothstein, [African American Family at Gee's Bend, Alabama]](/img/museum/cmul4p9gr04dx9qa5fi4fohkx/thumb "[African American Family at Gee's Bend, Alabama] — The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Alfred Stieglitz Society Gifts, 2001 — Open Access (CC0)")
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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Record prices
Farmer and sons walking in the face of a dust storm, Cimarron County, OklahomaPhillips · $15,000≈ £10,617≈ €12,191Sign up to see
Wife and child of a sharecropper, Washington County, ArkansasLempertz · €1,701≈ $1,985≈ £1,491Sign up to see
Fleeing 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).
Lots sold
5
of 8 offered · 2013–2026
Sell-through
63%
sold ÷ offered
Price trend
By medium
| Medium | Offered | Sold | Sell-through | Average | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Photography | 8 | 5 | 63% | $4kSign up | $1.3kSign up | $15kSign up |
| Photograph | 8 | 5 | 63% | $4kSign up | $1.3kSign up | $15kSign up |
Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.