Mogollon, New Mexico
Artist
Russell Lee
(American, 1903 - 1986)
Date1940 (printed 1990)
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 1/2 × 6 1/2 in. (24.1 × 16.5 cm)
Support: 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
Mat: 14 × 20 in. (35.6 × 50.8 cm)
Support: 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
Mat: 14 × 20 in. (35.6 × 50.8 cm)
Credit LineNew Mexico Farm Security Administration Collection, Museum purchase with funds from the Pinewood Foundation with additional support from Barbara Erdman, 1990
Object number1990.70.83
DescriptionGold miner removing a light from his pith helmet. He wears kahki shirt and pants and has lit cigarette in mouth and holds metal box with wire attached to light on helmet. Corrugated metal wall with notice to employees behind him.On View
Not on view1940 (printed 1990)
1940 (printed 1990)
1940 (printed 1990)
1940 (printed 1990)
1940 (printed 1990)