Russell Lee
Cattlemen at Auction of Prize Beef Steers and Breeding Stock, San Angelo, Texas

ArtistAmerican, 1903–1986
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Cattlemen at Auction of Prize Beef Steers and Breeding Stock, San Angelo, Texas
  • Cattlemen at auction of prize beef steers and breeding stock at San Angelo Fat Stock Show. San Angelo, Texas
DateMarch 1940, printed 1976
Place depictedSan Angelo, Texas, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 10 1/8 × 13 7/16 in. (25.7 × 34.1 cm)
Sheet: 11 × 13 15/16 in. (27.9 × 35.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Mr. and Mrs. Alvin S. Romansky
Object number76.407
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceLibrary of Congress, Washington, DC; purchased by MFAH, 1976.
Exhibition History"Photography Exhibition," Amarillo Fine Arts Center, Texas, April 18–May 20, 1979.

"Introducing America to Americans: Depression-era Photographs from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts, Spring, Texas, June 10–September 9, 2017.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso upper left reading vertically in pencil "RS 53142[underlined] / F34-16208"
bottom right corner "Lee"
verso center diagonally a stamp "Reproduced from the collection of the Library of Congress"

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