Keelronn & Charles Hatley, Calf Ropers, Fair Park, Texas
Artist
Don Russell
(American, born 1953)
Date2016, printed 2017
Mediumdigital inkjet color print on paper
Dimensions22 × 17 inches (55.9 × 43.2 cm)
Image: 18 1/16 × 12 1/16 inches (45.9 × 30.6 cm)
Image: 18 1/16 × 12 1/16 inches (45.9 × 30.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of the artist, 2017
Object number2017.1.9
ClassificationsPhotographs
Label TextBrothers Keelronn and Charles Hatley are Champion Calf Ropers. They also are co-owners of a roofing business, but maintain a passion for rodeo. Keelronn said, “I was actually born into doing this. My parents had horses and cows before I was ever born. . . . As early as I can remember I was toting a rope. . . .Being a Black cowboy today means being able to keep that tradition, that vibe going of the African American cowboy. . . . That’s why it means so much to me; that’s the reason I still do it. The love for it.”
ProvenanceArtist; gifted May 4, 2017 to the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to the Stark Museum of Art
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Don Russell
2015, printed 2017
Don Russell
2016, printed 2017
