Walker Evans
Fetish Mask with Three Noses

Fetish Mask with Three Noses
Fetish Mask with Three Noses
Fetish Mask with Three Noses
ArtistAmerican, 1903–1975
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Fetish Mask with Three Noses
Date1935
PlaceCôte d'Ivoire, Africa
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 5/8 × 7 5/8 in. (24.4 × 19.3 cm)
Sheet: 9 7/8 × 7 15/16 in. (25.1 × 20.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Brown Foundation Accessions Endowment Fund, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.990
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceArtist's estate
Exhibition HistoryExhibited: "Walker Evans: Photographs of African Sculptures in The Manfred Heiting Collection," the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, December 22, 2003 - February 29, 2004
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Stamped in black, verso of sheet, lower left, with pencil insertions: "Walker Evans / XX / 85"
Inscribed in pencil, verso of sheet, lower left: "093"
Inscribed in pencil, verso of sheet, upper center: "#85 / C2 / 3S / M75"
The photograph is not signed.

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