Pie Town, New Mexico
Artist
Russell Lee
(American, 1903 - 1986)
Date1940 (printed 1990)
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 5/8 × 9 in. (16.8 × 22.9 cm)
Support: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Mat: 14 × 17 in. (35.6 × 43.2 cm)
Support: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Mat: 14 × 17 in. (35.6 × 43.2 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineNew Mexico Farm Security Administration Collection, Museum purchase with funds from the Pinewood Foundation with additional support from Barbara Erdman, 1990
Object number1990.70.141
DescriptionWife of a homesteader with her WPA music class, these children walk eight miles for their music lessons. Girl at upright piano, center, tall boy at left plays accordion, boy at right plays xylophone. Middle-aged music teacher by piano.On View
Not on viewTerms
Russell Lee
June 1940 (printed 1990)
Boris Vdovienko