Walker Evans
Uncle Sam Plantation

Uncle Sam Plantation

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Uncle Sam Plantation
Uncle Sam Plantation
ArtistAmerican, 1903–1975
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Uncle Sam Plantation
DateMarch 1935
PlaceConvent (near), Louisiana, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 5/8 × 9 5/8 in. (19.4 × 24.4 cm)
Sheet: 8 × 9 15/16 in. (20.3 × 25.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Efrem Kurtz
Object number2000.298
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenancePurchased by the donor from Sotheby's, New York, May 7, 1985.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso lower left in pencil "B944"
verso lower right in pencil "D[circled]"
verso bottom right a stamp "Walker Evans" above two rectangular boxes inscribed in pencil "II", "68"

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