Walker Evans
Figure of Primordial Ancestor

Figure of Primordial Ancestor
Figure of Primordial Ancestor
Figure of Primordial Ancestor
ArtistAmerican, 1903–1975
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Figure of Primordial Ancestor
  • from the exhibition African Negro Art, Museum of Modern Art, New York
Date1935
PlaceMali, Africa
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 5/8 × 7 5/8 in. (24.4 × 19.3 cm)
Sheet: 9 15/16 × 8 in. (25.3 × 20.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Brown Foundation Accessions Endowment, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.974
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceArtist's estate
Exhibition History"Recollecting Dogon," The Menil Collection, Houston, Texas, February 3–July 9, 2017.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Stamped in black, verso of sheet, lower left, with pencil insertions: "Walker Evans / XV / 1"
Inscribed in pencil, verso of sheet, lower left: "002"
Inscribed in pencil, verso of sheet, lower right: "#1 / A2 / W10 / D73 / 60S"
The photograph is not signed.

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