“Bailey’s Prairie Kid,” Okmulgee, Oklahoma
Artist
Don Russell
(American, born 1953)
Date2015, printed 2017
Mediumdigital inkjet black and white print on paper
Dimensions22 × 17 inches (55.9 × 43.2 cm)
Image: 18 1/16 × 12 11/16 inches (45.9 × 32.2 cm)
Image: 18 1/16 × 12 11/16 inches (45.9 × 32.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of the artist, 2017
Object number2017.1.4
ClassificationsPhotographs
Label TextTaylor Hall, Jr. adopted a moniker for rodeo based on coming from around Bailey’s Prairie, Texas. He won championships in saddle bronc riding, bareback riding, steer wrestling, bull riding, and all-around cowboy. He wears a white shirt and necktie as his trademark. Hall said, “When they started out, the Black cowboy, he couldn’t compete with the White. We’d have to stay behind the bucking chutes until the Whites ride. When they ride and the fans break up and go on home then we had to ride. I had to sit behind the bucking chutes many a day waiting for my turn to ride. But I stayed with it, I didn’t give it up.”
ProvenanceArtist; gifted May 4, 2017 to the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to the Stark Museum of Art
On View
On view
Don Russell
2016, printed 2017
Don Russell
2016, printed 2017
