Russell Lee
Negro Boys on Easter Morning, Bronzeville, Chicago, April 1941

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Negro Boys on Easter Morning, Bronzeville, Chicago, April 1941
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ArtistAmerican, 1903–1986
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Negro Boys on Easter Morning, Bronzeville, Chicago, April 1941
DateApril 1941, printed 2019
MediumInkjet print
DimensionsSheet: 9 × 13 in. (22.9 × 33 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number2020.157
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceLibrary of Congress, Washington, D.C.; purchased by MFAH, 2020.
Exhibition History"Icons of Style: A Century of Fashion Photography," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, June 23–September 22, 2019.

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