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At the time of this portrait Nels Joseph Lee was a physical education instructor at McKinley High School in Cedar Rapids. (Wood also taught in the Cedar Rapids schools from 1919 to 1925 and it was during this time that he met Mr. Lee)

Source: News, July/August 1991


DimensionsOverall: 16 × 12 1/4 in. (40.6 × 31.1 cm)
Accession Number 1992.1
Classificationspainting
CopyrightPublic Domain
ProvenanceArtist; Nels J. Lee, Cedar Rapids, IA [acquired from the previous]; Ted Lee, Des Moines, IA [by descent from the previous]; Des Moines Art Center [gift of the previous, 1992]
Portrait of Nels J. Lee
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Grant Wood
ca. 1926
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Grant Wood
ca. 1925
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Grant Wood
1937
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Grant Wood
date unknown
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Grant Wood
1941
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Grant Wood
1937
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Grant Wood
1939
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Grant Wood
1939