Walker Evans
Reliquary Guardian Figure

Reliquary Guardian Figure

© Walker Evans Archive, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Reliquary Guardian Figure
Reliquary Guardian Figure
ArtistAmerican, 1903–1975
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Reliquary Guardian Figure
Date1935
PlaceGabon, Africa
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage/Sheet: 9 1/16 × 4 in. (23 × 10.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Brown Foundation Accessions Endowment Fund, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.1011
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 / 354"
Inscribed in pencil, verso of sheet, lower left: "303"
Inscribed in pencil, verso of sheet, center: "354"
The photograph is not signed.

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