Walker Evans
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© Walker Evans Archive, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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ArtistAmerican, 1903–1975
CultureAmerican
Titles
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Datec. 1930
PlaceUnited States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage/Sheet:6 7/16 × 4 1/8 in. (16.4 × 10.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Efrem Kurtz
Object number2000.289
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceHarry Lunn Gallery, New York.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso top right in pencil "123790.1"
verso lower center a stamp "Walker Evans" above two rectangular boxes inscribed in pencil "XXI", "61" / "c.1930"

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