id:			163032
accession number:	2003.57.5
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2003.57.5
updated:		2020-11-04 21:54:05.502000

Boy with Chicken, Hungjao, China, 1945. Arthur Rothstein (American, 1915-1985). Gelatin silver print; image: 30.4 x 22.9 cm (11 15/16 x 9 in.); paper: 35.4 x 27.9 cm (13 15/16 x 11 in.); matted: 55.9 x 45.7 cm (22 x 18 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Alan and Monah L. Gettner 2003.57.5

title:				Boy with Chicken, Hungjao, China
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creation date:			1945
creation date earliest:		1945
creation date latest:		1945
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creditline:			Gift of Alan and Monah L. Gettner
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culture:	America, 20th century
technique:	gelatin silver print
department:	Photography
collection:	PH - American 1900-1950
type:		Photograph
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CREATORS

* Arthur Rothstein (American, 1915-1985)  - artist

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measurements: Image: 30.4 x 22.9 cm (11 15/16 x 9 in.); Paper: 35.4 x 27.9 cm (13 15/16 x 11 in.); Matted: 55.9 x 45.7 cm (22 x 18 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	written in pencil on bottom right margin: "Arthur Rothstein"
written in pencil on verso of bottom left corner: "20"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Trophies of the Hunt: Capturing Nature as Art
	opening date:   2004-07-24T00:00:00
	<i>Trophies of the Hunt: Capturing Nature as Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (July 24-November 3, 2004).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; 7/24/04 - 11/3/04. "Trophies of the Hunt: Capturing Nature as Art".  No exhibition catalogue.

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PROVENANCE

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wall description: 
This poignant image of a young toddler dwarfed by the chicken in his arms was probably taken during Arthur Rothstein’s travels in China for the United Nations immediately following World War II. Rothstein, one of America’s most important and influential documentary photographers, worked for the Farm Security Administration during the Depression, for the Office of War Information during the Second World War, and as Director of Photography for Look Magazine for twenty-five years. He said of his influential work, "I have used the visual image to present facts, to register ideas and emotion, for the camera captures the decisive moment and records events with greater accuracy than does the human eye."

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