Walker Evans
Frank Tengle, a Cotton Sharecropper, Hale County, Alabama

ArtistAmerican, 1903–1975
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Frank Tengle, a Cotton Sharecropper, Hale County, Alabama
  • from the series Let Us Now Praise Famous Men
Date1936
PlaceAlabama, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage/Sheet: 8 1/2 × 4 in. (21.6 × 10.2 cm)
Irregular Mount: 9 5/8 × 5 5/8 in. (24.4 × 14.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Lilyan and Toby Miller
Object number87.157
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceLilyan Miller and Toby Miller; given to MFAH, 1987.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited: "Walker Evan," Städtische Galerie Im Lenbachhaus, München, Germany
Aug 15 - Oct 14, 1990 (LN:90.25)
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso lower right a stamp "Walker Evans" above two rectangular boxes with pencil inscriptions "III", "280v"

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