Russell Lee
Migrant worker looking through back window of automobile near Prague, Oklahoma. Lincoln County, Oklahoma
Artist
Russell Lee (American, 1903–1986)American, 1903–1986
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Migrant worker looking through back window of automobile near Prague, Oklahoma. Lincoln County, Oklahoma
DateJune 1939
PlacePrague, Oklahoma, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 3/4 × 13 1/8 in. (24.8 × 33.3 cm)
Sheet: 10 7/8 × 13 7/8 in. (27.6 × 35.2 cm)
Sheet: 10 7/8 × 13 7/8 in. (27.6 × 35.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Mundy Companies
Object number83.2
Non exposé
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Exhibition History"Evocative Presence: Twentieth Century Photographs in the Museum Collection," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 27–May 1, 1988.
"On the Art of Fixing a Shadow: 150 Years of Photography," National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., May 7–July 30, 1989; Art Institute of Chicago, September 9–November 26, 1989; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, December 21, 1989–February 25, 1990.
"Norman Rockwell: American Freedom," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, December 15, 2019–March 22, 2020.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil, verso, bottom left corner: c-17
Inscribed in pencil, verso, lower center: 257 (c)
Inscribed in pencil, verso, bottom right corner: Russell Lee
Inscribed in pencil, verso, lower center: 257 (c)
Inscribed in pencil, verso, bottom right corner: Russell Lee
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