About the Artwork
Fortune Teller, State Fair, Donaldsonville, La
1938
Russel Lee
1903-1986
American
Unknown
Silver print
Sheet: 8 × 10 inches (20.3 × 25.4 cm) Image: 6 1/4 × 9 1/2 inches (15.9 × 24.1 cm)
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Founders Society Purchase, Michigan Council for the Arts Exhibition Fund
75.4
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Markings
Inscribed, in pencil, on verso, centered: Fortune teller, state fair, | Donaldsonville, La., | Nov. 11938, R Lee. Inscribed, in pencil, on verso, lower right corner: 52480 [underlined] | USF 33 - 11783 | M5 Inscribed, in pencil, on verso, lower left corner: 75.4
Printed, in black ink, on verso, right edge: Reproduced from the collection of the Library of Congress
Provenance
U.S. Library of Congress (Washington, D.C., USA)
1975-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Russel Lee, Fortune Teller, State Fair, Donaldsonville, La, 1938, silver print. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Michigan Council for the Arts Exhibition Fund, 75.4.
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