Clothes of white agricultural day laborers' family drying on the fence, north of Sallisaw, Okla, Sequoyah Co.
Artist | Russell Lee (American, 1903–1986) |
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Title | Clothes of white agricultural day laborers' family drying on the fence, north of Sallisaw, Okla, Sequoyah Co. |
Date | June 1939 |
Medium | Gelatin silver print |
Dimensions | Image: 6 1/2 × 9 1/2 in. (16.5 × 24.2 cm) Sheet: 8 1/4 × 10 1/16 in. (21 × 25.5 cm) |
Credit Line | Henry Holmes Smith Archive, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University |
Accession Number | 79.200.XX.1.204 |
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A horizontal black-and-white photograph depicts a makeshift wooden fence across a field that fills two thirds of the composition. On the fence posts hang various garments set out to dry.
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