Artist Monograph

Russell Lee, American

American, 1903–1986

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	31	100%

Range: 22.2 cm → 25.4 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1938	3
1941	14
1984	2
2002	12

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 31 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
A View of a Side of Building, East Pauley, a framer living near Smithfield, Iowa Photograph Acc. 46.1941	December 1936	Gelatin silver print	6 1/2 × 9 5/8" (16.5 × 24.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the Farm Security Administration
Bulletin Board in Post Office Showing a Large Collection of "Wanted Men" Signs, Ames, Iowa Photograph Acc. 180.2002	November 1936	Gelatin silver print	7 1/2 × 9 1/8" (19 × 23.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Hands of Old Homesteader, Iowa Photograph Acc. 53.1941	1936	Gelatin silver print	6 1/2 × 9 5/8" (16.5 × 24.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the Farm Security Administration
Mother and Daughter in Saloon Restaurant, Gemmel, Minnesota. The Mother is Proprietor Photograph Acc. 169.1984	August 1936	Gelatin silver print, printed 1980	6 7/16 × 9 1/2" (16.4 × 24.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Courtesy of the Library of Congress
Washstand in Corner of Kitchen of Edgar Allen's Home on Farm near Milford, Iowa Photograph Acc. 323.1938	1936	Gelatin silver print	8 × 10" (20.3 × 25.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the Farm Security Administration
After Dinner the Family Sits Around the Living Room. This is one of the Daughters Sitting on the Stool for the Organ Photograph Acc. 318.1938	March 1937	Gelatin silver print	8 × 10" (20.3 × 25.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the Farm Security Administration
Daughter of William Huravitch, Williams County, North Dakota, Farmer's Daughter – Drought Stricken North Dakota Photograph Acc. 51.1941	September 1937	Gelatin silver print	7 3/8 × 9 1/2" (18.7 × 24.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the Farm Security Administration
Farmer, North Dakota Photograph Acc. 50.1941	1937	Gelatin silver print	6 1/2 × 9 5/8" (16.5 × 24.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the Farm Security Administration
Farmer's Wife, Cutover Regions, Wisconsin Photograph Acc. 52.1941	1937	Gelatin silver print	9 5/8 × 6 1/2" (24.4 × 16.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the Farm Security Administration
Interior of Shack Occupied by Mexican Beet Workers, near East Grand Forks, Minnesota, Shack of Sugar Beet Workers Photograph Acc. 57.1941	September 1937	Gelatin silver print	7 3/8 × 9 5/8" (18.7 × 24.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the Farm Security Administration
John Mathews, Wife, and Two Children in their Home near Black River Falls, Wisconsin, Farm Family, Cutover Area, Wisconsin Photograph Acc. 49.1941	June 1937	Gelatin silver print	7 1/4 × 9 5/8" (18.4 × 24.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the Farm Security Administration
Lumberjacks – Saturday Night, Minnesota Photograph Acc. 55.1941	1937	Gelatin silver print	7 3/8 × 9 1/2" (18.7 × 24.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the Farm Security Administration
Mrs. Gallagher Patching Clothes for her Children, Wife of Former Farmer, Now Living in Crosby, North Dakota, Woman Patching Clothes, North Dakota Photograph Acc. 58.1941	November 1937	Gelatin silver print	7 1/4 × 9 1/2" (18.4 × 24.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the Farm Security Administration
Mrs. Herman Perry in her Home at Mansfield, Michigan. She is the wife of an Oldtime Iron Miner who Worked in the Mines before they were Abandoned, Home in Mansfield, Michigan Photograph Acc. 54.1941	May 1937	Gelatin silver print	7 1/4 × 9 1/2" (18.4 × 24.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the Farm Security Administration
Old Lamps on House of Jim Hardin, Two Bit near Deadwood, South Dakota Photograph Acc. 185.2002	1937	Gelatin silver print	7 5/16 × 9 5/8" (18.6 × 24.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Old Settler, Montana Photograph Acc. 56.1941	November 1937	Gelatin silver print	9 1/2 × 7 3/8" (24.1 × 18.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the Farm Security Administration
Old Sheep Herder, Sheridan County, Montana Photograph Acc. 319.1938	November 1937	Gelatin silver print	8 × 10" (20.3 × 25.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the Farm Security Administration
Two Children of John Scott, a Hired Hand Living near Ringgold, Iowa Photograph Acc. 191.2002	January 1937	Gelatin silver print	6 1/2 × 9 5/8" (16.5 × 24.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Two of the Bodray Children in their Home near Tipler, Wisconsin, Farm Children, Cut-Over Regions, Wisconsin Photograph Acc. 47.1941	May 1937	Gelatin silver print	7 3/8 × 9 5/8" (18.7 × 24.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the Farm Security Administration
Widow Woman on Farm Photograph Acc. 387.1941	June 1937	Gelatin silver print	9 1/2 × 7" (24.1 × 17.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the Farm Security Administration
William Horavitch Family Eating Dinner, Williams County, North Dakota, Farm Family at Dinner, North Dakota Photograph Acc. 48.1941	September 1937	Gelatin silver print	7 3/8 × 9 5/8" (18.7 × 24.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the Farm Security Administration
Decorations above Mantel in Negro Home along the Levee, Norco, Louisiana Photograph Acc. 181.2002	1938	Gelatin silver print	7 1/4 × 9 9/16" (18.4 × 24.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Desk in Home of Acadian Family near Breaux Bridge, Louisiana Photograph Acc. 182.2002	1938	Gelatin silver print	9 5/8 × 7 3/16" (24.4 × 18.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Sign in Country Store near Vacherie, Louisiana Photograph Acc. 187.2002	1938	Gelatin silver print	6 7/16 × 8 3/4" (16.3 × 22.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Detail of Front of Combined Filling Station and Grocery Store, Questa, New Mexico Photograph Acc. 183.2002	September 1939	Gelatin silver print	9 1/2 × 7 1/8" (24.2 × 18.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Kitchen of Tenant Purchase Client, Hidalgo County, Texas Photograph Acc. 184.2002	1939	Gelatin silver print	7 1/2 × 9 7/16" (19 × 23.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Price List of Staples Eaten by Farmers in Wagoner County, Oklahoma Photograph Acc. 186.2002	June 1939	Gelatin silver print	7 3/16 × 9 9/16" (18.3 × 24.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Sign in Wholesale Grocery Store, San Angelo, Texas Photograph Acc. 188.2002	1939	Gelatin silver print	7 3/16 × 9 5/8" (18.3 × 24.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Sign Showing Commission for Handling Strawberries, Hammond, Louisiana Photograph Acc. 189.2002	April 1939	Gelatin silver print	6 9/16 × 9 5/8" (16.7 × 24.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Sign, Harlingen, Texas Photograph Acc. 190.2002	1939	Gelatin silver print	6 5/16 × 8 7/8" (16 × 22.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Boys Learn to Garden in Vocational Training Class at the Farm Security Administration Farm Workers Community, Eleven Mile Corner, Arizona Photograph Acc. 168.1984	February 1942	Gelatin silver print	7 1/2 × 9 11/16" (19 × 24.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Courtesy of the Library of Congress