Skip to main content

Sign, Placer County, California

Artwork Tombstone
ArtistRussell Lee (American, 1903–1986)
TitleSign, Placer County, California
DateDecember 1940
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 9/16 × 7 1/16 in. (24.3 × 17.9 cm)
Sheet: 10 × 8 1/8 in. (25.4 × 20.6 cm)
Credit LineHenry Holmes Smith Archive, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University
Accession Number79.200.XX.1.197
This artwork is currently off display. You may be able to see this artwork by filling out an art viewing room request.
A vertical black-and-white photograph depicts a wooden-sided house with a single window. A sign is posted on the building that reads,

A vertical black-and-white photograph depicts a wooden-sided house with a single window. A sign is posted on the building that reads, "FOR SALE | FEDERAL LAND BANK | OF BERKELEY | 15TH and Clay Streets - Oakland | on | Secretary Local Math Farm Loan Assn."

Provenance research is ongoing for this and many other items in the Eskenazi Museum of Art permanent collection. For more information about the provenance of this artwork, please contact the department curator with specific questions.

Request this image
The Eskenazi Museum of Art provides images of its collection, free of charge, upon request.
This artwork is under copyright protection. You can request the image and it will be emailed to you when the request is complete.

Cite this page
"Sign, Placer County, California | 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.1.197