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Ladies quintet at community sing, Pie Town, New Mexico

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ArtistRussell Lee (American, 1903–1986)
TitleLadies quintet at community sing, Pie Town, New Mexico
DateJune 1940
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 3/16 × 9 13/16 in. (18.3 × 24.9 cm)
Sheet: 8 1/16 × 10 3/16 in. (20.4 × 25.8 cm)
Credit LineHenry Holmes Smith Archive, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University
Accession Number79.200.XX.1.138
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A horizontal black-and-white photograph depicts a group of five middle-aged and older light-skinned women sporting semi-formal dresses and singing a song by reading lyrics from two books. Wood paneling is visible in the background, as well as a seated man.

A horizontal black-and-white photograph depicts a group of five middle-aged and older light-skinned women sporting semi-formal dresses and singing a song by reading lyrics from two books. Wood paneling is visible in the background, as well as a seated man.

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"Ladies quintet at community sing, Pie Town, New Mexico | Collections Online." Collections Online. Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, 2025. https://artmuseum.indiana.edu/collections-online/browse/object.php?number=79.200.XX.1.138