Serving pinto beans at the Pie Town, New Mexico Fair
Artist
Russell Lee
(American, 1903 - 1986)
DateOctober 1940; printed 1981-1982
MediumDye transfer print
DimensionsImage: 7 × 10 inches (17.78 × 25.4 cm)
Sheet: 10 × 13 inches (25.4 × 33.02 cm)
Sheet: 10 × 13 inches (25.4 × 33.02 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2016.75.142
SignedOn sheet verso, lower left, black stamp with pencil: “This will authenticate that this print is one / of a limited edition of 250 Dye Transfer prints / made by LIGHT Gallery, of 724 Fifth Avenue, / New York, N.Y. 10019 from the original Farm / Security Administration transparencies held by / the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. / Tennsyon Schad [signature]”.
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MarkingsOn sheet verso, lower left, black stamp with pencil: “ARTIST: Russell Lee / TITLE: Pie town, New Mexico, Fair / TRANSPARENCY DATE: OCT 19 / PRINTING DATE: / LIGHT GALLERY REG. NO.: 359.17”;
On sheet verso, upper left corner, in pencil: “RWFA 2041”;
On sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: “PF113040-111”;
On sheet verso, lower right, in pencil: “999.359.17”.
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DescriptionImage of woman scooping beans onto paper plate as people stand in line and visit with one another.ProvenanceThe Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2016;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.
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Russell Lee
October 1940; printed ca. 1985
2016.75.141
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June 9, 1977; printed ca. 1979
2016.74.32.8
