Foreman on Chicken Ranch, Sonoma County, California

December 1941

Russell Lee

Associated Names
Russell Lee

Artist, American, 1903 - 1986

The image depicts an older man standing beside a white horse. The man wears a hat, a striped jacket, and denim overalls. He has a weathered face, with distinct facial features. The horse's head is shown up close, with its ears forward and wearing a bridle. Both subjects are against a simple background, likely a clear sky, with a faint glimpse of a building rooftop. The photo is in black and white, highlighting textures and contrasts. The man holds the horse's bridle gently.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the UBS Art Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 18.2 × 24.1 cm (7 3/16 × 9 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 20.7 × 25.4 cm (8 1/8 × 10 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2023.30.103

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Lee Gallery, Winchester, MA); Paine Webber & Co., New York, 11 June 1998; UBS, New York, 2000; gift to NGA, 2023.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, top right in red crayon: 71297-D; upper right in graphite: H533; center left FSA credit stamp in black ink; by unknown hand, center in graphite: 71297D; center right FSA stamp in black ink perpendicular; by unknown hand, center right in graphite: 12.9; across bottom printed in black ink inverted: Foreman on chicken ranch, Sonoma County, California. December 1941.; by unknown hand, bottom right in graphite: PW7218

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