Walker Evans
[Shell Study]

[Shell Study]

© Walker Evans Archive, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

[Shell Study]
[Shell Study]
ArtistAmerican, 1903–1975
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • [Shell Study]
Datec. 1930
PlaceUnited States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage/Sheet: 6 3/4 × 4 11/16 in. (17.1 × 11.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Efrem Kurtz
Object number2000.295
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso bottom left corner in pencil "#3"
verso lower center a stamp "Walker Evans above two rectangular boxes inscribed in pencil "XXI", "44" / "c.1930"

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