Ken Light
Onion Picker, Rio Grand Valley, Texas

ArtistAmerican, born 1951
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Onion Picker, Rio Grand Valley, Texas
  • from the series With These Hands
Date1979, printed 1982
Place depictedTexas, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 1/2 × 9 1/2 in. (24.1 × 24.1 cm)
Sheet: 13 15/16 × 10 15/16 in. (35.4 × 27.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Mundy Companies
Object number89.208
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist, Orlinda, California; purchased by MFAH, 1989.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso bottom left above signature in pencil "Onion Picker / Rio Grand Valley, Texas 1979"
verso bottom left in pencil "© Ken Light / KL-A-1982"

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