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Russell Lee

Ottawa/Illinois 1903 – 1986 Austin, Texas

A sick Farmer's Boy. 1937

Vintage or early gelatin silver print. 24,9 × 17 cm (25,6 × 20,2 cm) (9 ¾ × 6 ¾ in. (10 ⅛ × 8 in.)).
This picture shows the following artwork: Russell Lee. A sick Farmer's Boy. 1937.

Estimate:

EUR 400

 

- 600

Sold for:

381 EUR (incl. premium)

Online Only 2024 / 2025

Photography Online Only, 6 - 15 December 2024, Sunday, 15.12.2024

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Vintage or early gelatin silver print. 24,9 × 17 cm (25,6 × 20,2 cm) (9 ¾ × 6 ¾ in. (10 ⅛ × 8 in.)). Stamp: "RESETTLEMENT ADMINISTRATION" on the reverse, therein the photographer's stamp: "LEE". Copyright stamp of the "F.S.A. FARM SECURITY ADMINISTRATION", therein the photographer's stamp, and a further stamp of the "Farm Security Administration, Washington, D.C.". Inscriptions by various hands in pencil as well as a numerical stamp. Remains of a typewritten paper strip: "A child of a farm laborer in Iowa 'is' in need of medical attention. [...] from an attack of pneumonia.".

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