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

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Artist Russell Lee (American, 1903–1986)American, 1903–1986

CultureAmerican

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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

Not on view

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Department

Photography

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PHOTOGRAPHS

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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