Baled Hay Stored for Cattle Feed at Casa Grande Valley Farms, Pinal County, Arizona

May 1940

Russell Lee

Associated Names
Russell Lee

Artist, American, 1903 - 1986

The image shows a stack of rectangular hay bales beside the walls of a barn, reaching towards the ceiling. The color palette is gray due to the black-and-white photograph, highlighting the texture of the hay. In the foreground, some hay bales are on the ground, while most are stacked high, filling the left and right corners, leaving a clear space in the center. The barn's ceiling and wooden beams are visible above the hay stacks.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the UBS Art Collection

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 24.1 × 18.3 cm (9 1/2 × 7 3/16 in.)
    mount: 27.6 × 22.5 cm (10 7/8 × 8 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2023.30.104

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Andrew Smith Gallery, Santa Fe, NM); Paine Webber & Co., New York, 23 February 1996; UBS, New York, 2000; gift to NGA, 2023.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, center stamped in black ink: FARM SECURITY ADMINISTRATION / Photo By [by unknown hand in black ink: Russell Lee] / Date [by unknown hand in black ink: May. 1940] Neg. No. [by unknown hand in black ink: 36265D]; by unknown hand, lower center in graphite: R41102; lower right in blue crayon inverted: VI B; across bottom printed in black ink on applied paper: 36265D Baled hay stored for cattle feed at Casa Grande Valley Farms, Pinal County, Arizona. / May 1940. Photo by Lee.

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