Walker Evans
Minstrel Poster Detail, Alabama

ArtistAmerican, 1903–1975
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Minstrel Poster Detail, Alabama
  • Minstrel poster in Alabama town
DateJanuary 1936, printed 1976
Place depictedAlabama, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 10 7/16 × 13 1/16 in. (26.5 × 33.2 cm)
Sheet: 11 × 13 15/16 in. (27.9 × 35.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Mr. and Mrs. Alvin S. Romansky
Object number76.390
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceLibrary of Congress, Washington, DC; purchased by MFAH, 1976.
Exhibition History"Introducing America to Americans: Depression-era Photographs from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts, Spring, Texas, June 10–September 9, 2017.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso bottom right in pencil "Walker Evans"
bottom left reading vertically "53142¦392[underlined] / 1136A"
verso left center a stamp reading vertically "Reproduced from the collection of the Library of Congress"

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