Walker Evans
Havana Policeman

Havana Policeman

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Havana Policeman
Havana Policeman
ArtistAmerican, 1903–1975
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Havana Policeman
Date1933
PlaceHavana, Cuba
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 1/16 × 7 1/8 in. (23 × 18.1 cm)
Sheet: 9 1/16 × 7 1/8 in. (23 × 18.1 cm)
Mount: 18 × 14 13/16 in. (45.7 × 37.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Mundy Companies, by exchange; The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.964
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceArtist's estate
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil, verso of mount, upper right: "WE 264 / 71.23"

Stamped in black, verso of mount, center: "WALKER EVANS / BOX 310 RTE. 3 / OLD LYME. CONN. 06371 / [inserted in pencil: "P109"] / RIGHTS RESERVED / [inserted in pencil: "Havana Policeman 1932"]"

Inscribed in pencil, verso of mount, lower left: "#1 / I-68"

The photograph is signed, recto of mount, beneath the lower right of the sheet: "Walker Evans 1932"

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