Man with Apple Peeler, Virginia late 1930's / printed later / Arthur Rothstein

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Accession Number: 2012/1.218
Title: Man with Apple Peeler, Virginia late 1930's / printed later
Artist: Arthur Rothstein
Artist Nationality: American
Artist Life Dates: 1915 - 1985
Medium and Support: gelatin silver print on paper
Object Creation Date: circa 1930
Credit Line: Gift of Maxine and Lawrence K. Snider
Dimensions: 19.05 cm x 17.78 cm (7 1/2 in. x 7 in.)
Physical Description: A black and white photograph of an older, bearded man with a large machine to peel apples. The man, wearing a straw hat, looks down at his hands as he works peeling the apple, whose skin hangs down in one long ribbon.
Primary Keywords: apple (fruit); gelatin silver process; hats; man
Secondary Keywords: accessories worn on the head; costume; costume accessories; costume accessories worn; descriptors; food; fruit; headgear; image-making processes and techniques; materials; materials by function; objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by gender; photographic processes; photography and photographic processes and techniques; processes and techniques; processes and techniques by specific type
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 1264 x 1376
File Size: 249 KB
Record: 2012/1.218
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2012-sl-1.218/2012_1_218.tif

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Full citation: "Man with Apple Peeler, Virginia late 1930's / printed later; Arthur Rothstein." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2012-sl-1.218/2012_1_218.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 23, 2024.