Bennie

Artist Lee Marmon (1925 Laguna, New Mexico - 2021 Albuquerque, New Mexico)

Date1984

Mediumgelatin silver print on paper

Dimensionsframe: 15 3/4 × 18 3/4 × 1 in. (40 × 47.6 × 2.5 cm), sight: 10 1/4 × 13 1/4 in. (26 × 33.7 cm)

ClassificationsPhotography

Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Cate Stetson

Object numberPC2021.72.29

DescriptionA black-and-white photograph of a figure standing next to a horse and in front of a large flock of churro sheep. The sheep have been recently sheared and a few traverse the sandstone wall in the background. The man wears a broad, white cowboy hat, a long-sleeve, button-up shirt, a leather belt, jeans, and leather boots. His hair is shoulder length and his beard meets with first button of his open-collared shirt.

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