Artist
Walker Evans (American, 1903–1975)American, 1903–1975
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Bud Fields and His Family, Hale County, Alabama
- Sharecropper Bud Fields and his family at home. Hale County, Alabama
Date1935, printed 1976
Place depictedAlabama, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 10 7/16 × 13 1/16 in. (26.5 × 33.2 cm)
Sheet: 11 × 13 7/8 in. (27.9 × 35.3 cm)
Sheet: 11 × 13 7/8 in. (27.9 × 35.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Mr. and Mrs. Alvin S. Romansky
Object number76.386
Non exposé
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Department
PhotographyObject Type
Exhibition History"The 150th Anniversary of the Invention of Photography: Prague 1989," Manes Center of the Union of Czechoslovak Creative Artists, Progue, c/o U.S.I.A., Washington, D.C., August 1–September 30, 1989.
"Introducing America to Americans: Depression-era Photographs from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts, Spring, Texas, June 10–September 9, 2017.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso bottom right in pencil "Walker Evans"
top right in pencil reading vertically "53142¦342[underlined] / 8147"
top right in pencil reading vertically "53142¦342[underlined] / 8147"
verso right center reading vertically "Reproduced from the collection of the Library of Congress"
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