A black and white photograph shows a black girl looking out from a window of a cabin. The wall seen, is made of tree logs and mug mortar. The open window is made of plants of wood with a newspaper nailed to it, from the inside. The newspaper shows a white woman holding a dish of food. The black girl with a serious facial expression is looking away from the camera.

Gee’s Bend, Alabama

Arthur Rothstein

1937

Titles Gee's Bend, Alabama (Proper)
Artist Arthur Rothstein, American, 1915 - 1985
Medium gelatin silver print
Dimensions sheet: 10 15/16 × 13 15/16 in. (27.8 × 35.4 cm) image: 9 5/8 × 12 5/8 in. (24.4 × 32.1 cm) mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of John Hagefstration, AFI.185.2020
Work Type photograph
Classification Photographs