Walker Evans
Breakfast Room, Belle Grove Plantation, White Castle, Louisiana

Breakfast Room, Belle Grove Plantation, White Castle, Louisiana

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Breakfast Room, Belle Grove Plantation, White Castle, Louisiana
Breakfast Room, Belle Grove Plantation, White Castle, Louisiana
ArtistAmerican, 1903–1975
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Breakfast Room, Belle Grove Plantation, White Castle, Louisiana
Date1935, printed 1960s
PlaceWhite Castle, Louisiana, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 1/2 × 9 1/8 in. (19 × 23.2 cm)
Sheet: 7 1/2 × 9 1/8 in. (19 × 23.2 cm)
Mount: 18 × 14 13/16 in. (45.7 × 37.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Lynch Foundation, courtesy of Mrs. Efrem Kurtz, in memory of Joiner Cartwright
Object number94.67
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Laurence Miller Gallery, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 1994.
Exhibition History"Ewan Gibbs: Arlington National Cemetery," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 11 November, 2012 - 10 February, 2013.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso bottom center in pencil "G7163-5"
center between stamps in pencil "The Breakfast Room / Belle Grove Plantation House(by Latrobe) / White Castle, Louisiana 1935"
bottom right below image in pencil "Walker Evans 1935"
verso center two stamps "WALKER EVANS", "RIGHTS RESERVED"

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