Russell Lee
San Augustine, Texas

ArtistAmerican, 1903–1986
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • San Augustine, Texas
  • Street scene. San Augustine, Texas
DateApril 1939, printed 1976
Place depictedSan Augustine, Texas, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 15/16 × 13 1/2 in. (25.2 × 34.3 cm)
Sheet: 11 × 13 15/16 in. (27.9 × 35.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Mr. and Mrs. Alvin S. Romansky
Object number76.405
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceLibrary of Congress, Washington, DC; purchased by MFAH, 1976.
Exhibition History"The 150th Anniversary of the Invention of Photography: Prague 1989," Manes Center of the Union of Czechoslovak Creative Artists, Progue, c/o U.S.I.A., Washington, D.C., August 1–September 30, 1989.

"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.

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