Lot 262 · Modern Visions: Exceptional Photographs
Oil Field Worker Drinking Water, Kilgore, Texas, 1939
Russell Lee · gelatin silver print
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- Estimate
- $3,000–$5,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Modern Visions: Exceptional Photographs , New York · 18 February 2016
- Dimensions
- image: 6 5/8 x 9 3/4 in. (17 x 24.8 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4064871
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Russell Lee, Oil Field Worker Drinking Water, Kilgore, Texas, 1939. Christie's, 18 Feb 2016, lot 262. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4064871.
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Russell Lee, Oil Field Worker Drinking Water, Kilgore, Texas, 1939. Christie's, 18 Feb 2016, lot 262. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4064871.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Untitled (Maynard White/Sailor on Rock, Torso), c. 1910 | Fred Holland Day (1864-1933) | $10,000–$15,000 | |
| Porter, Les Halles, 1939 | Brassaï | $2,000–$4,000 | |
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| Flower Stem, 1990s | Nobuyoshi Araki | $4,000–$6,000 | |
| Tide Stones, 1963 | Minor White | $2,500–$3,500 | |
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