Walker Evans
19th Century Gingerbread, Cambridge, Massachusetts

19th Century Gingerbread, Cambridge, Massachusetts

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19th Century Gingerbread, Cambridge, Massachusetts
19th Century Gingerbread, Cambridge, Massachusetts
ArtistAmerican, 1903–1975
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • 19th Century Gingerbread, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Date1931
PlaceCambridge, Massachusetts, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage/Sheet: 6 1/2 × 4 1/2 in. (16.5 × 11.4 cm)
Mount: 14 5/16 × 11 3/16 in. (36.3 × 28.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.953
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenanceartist's estate

Exhibition HistoryExhibited in, "American Vision: Photographers from the East, Selections from the Manfred Heiting Collection purchased by the Brown Foundation for the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston from August 23-December 29, 2003.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Stamped in black, verso of mount, center, with pencil insertions inside stamped rectangles: "Walker Evans / IX / 97"

Inscribed in pencil, verso of mount, upper edge: "19th C. Gingerbread, Cambridge, Mass. 1931 / used in 1933 MOMA show"

Inscribed in pencil, verso of mount, lower right corner: "10."

Embossed in mount, lower right corner, upside down: "STRATHMORE / USE EITHER SIDE"
The photograph is unsigned.

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