Walker Evans
Figure, Bachikwe, Angola

Figure, Bachikwe, Angola

© Walker Evans Archive, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Figure, Bachikwe, Angola
Figure, Bachikwe, Angola
ArtistAmerican, 1903–1975
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Figure, Bachikwe, Angola
Date1935
PlaceAngola, Africa
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall: 6 15/16 × 4 1/8 in. (17.6 × 10.5 cm)
Mat (mat): 20 × 16in. (50.8 × 40.6cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Lynch Foundation, courtesy of Mary Lynch Kurtz in honor of Efrem Kurtz
Object number96.566
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Sotheby's (New York), Paris]; purchased by MFAH, 1996.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
The photograph has the artist stamp in black ink, verso: "Walker Evans" and two boxes with "XX" and "585" in them. Also in pencil, verso: "585 467".

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