Russell Lee
Migrant worker looking through back window of automobile near Prague, Oklahoma. Lincoln County, Oklahoma

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

CultureAmerican

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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)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Mundy Companies

Object number83.2

Not on view

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Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

Provenance[The Witkin Gallery, Inc., New York]; purchased by MFAH, 1983.
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

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