Southeast Missouri Farms Project. House erection. Fastening gable end in place
Artist | Russell Lee (American, 1903–1986) |
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Title | Southeast Missouri Farms Project. House erection. Fastening gable end in place |
Date | May 1938 |
Medium | Gelatin silver print |
Dimensions | Image: 6 5/16 × 8 1/8 in. (16.1 × 20.7 cm) |
Credit Line | Henry Holmes Smith Archive, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University |
Accession Number | 79.200.XX.1.194 |
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A horizontal black-and-white photograph depicts a light-skinned man wearing white clothing and a newsboy cap crouching on a rooftop. He installs a beam that will serve as a gable end. The photograph is taken from below, and the man is framed against the medium-tone, lightly clouded sky.
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"Southeast Missouri Farms Project. House erection. Fastening gable end in place | 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.1.194