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Hospital Morgue, Chicago (Primary Title)

Arthur Rothstein, American, 1915 – 1985 (Photographer)

1947
American
Works On Paper
Gelatin silver print
Photography
Mount: 13 15/16 × 10 15/16 in. (35.4 × 27.78 cm)
Image: 7 5/16 × 9 3/8 in. (18.57 × 23.81 cm)
2019.429
Not on view
Mounted on board
Stamp in black ink on verso: "Arthur Rothstein/ Photograph/ from the Collection of/ Grace Rothstein". Look Magazine stamp in blue ink on verso: "Photo by/ Arthur Rothstein/ Look". Typed paper caption affixed with tape to mount verso: "Chicago - In a hospital morgue, the result of what might happen in the/ tragic case of a nursery epidemic./ Linof, 3 1/4 x 4 1/4, two #5 flash, 1/00 sec at f.22, super xx film./ [inscribed in graphite on the lower right corner]: "1974".
Donor's possible inventory number and inscriptions in graphite on mount verso: "PF117316-111/ G80-10/ <22.054>".
Gift of Howard Greenberg

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