Kenneth LeBlanc, Rodeo Promoter, Okmulgee, Oklahoma
Artist
Don Russell
(American, born 1953)
Date2016, printed 2017
Mediumdigital inkjet color print on paper
Dimensions22 × 17 inches (55.9 × 43.2 cm)
Image: 19 3/8 × 12 15/16 inches (49.2 × 32.9 cm)
Image: 19 3/8 × 12 15/16 inches (49.2 × 32.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of the artist, 2017
Object number2017.1.16
ClassificationsPhotographs
Label TextKenneth LeBlanc is a third generation cowboy and rodeo promoter. His grandfather, Charles LeBlanc, helped start a black rodeo in Okmulgee, Oklahoma. Kenneth’s father, Roy LeBlanc, competed and promoted the rodeo. The Roy LeBlanc Okmulgee Rodeo was named in his honor. Kenneth began riding bulls when he was fourteen. He changed to steer wrestling. Kenneth made the finals of the International Professional Rodeo Association (IPRA). LeBlanc said, “The thing about the Okmulgee rodeo, the reason we keep it an all Black invitational rodeo is that so many places we went had Black cowboys. People don’t realize now that there are Black cowboys and that’s the thing I want to keep alive.”
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
2016, printed 2017
Don Russell
2016, printed 2017
Don Russell
2015, printed 2017
