Walker Evans
African mask

African mask

© Walker Evans Archive, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

African mask
African mask
ArtistAmerican, 1903–1975
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • African mask
Date1935
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 8 1/2 × 7 1/4 in. (21.6 × 18.4 cm)
Sheet: 8 1/2 × 7 1/4 in. (21.6 × 18.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Anne Wilkes Tucker in honor of Isabel B. and Wallace S. Wilson
Object number2001.222
Not on view

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Photography
Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed in pencil, lower right inside mat: "Walker Evans"
Marked in pencil lower center inside mat: "CF-3"

Marked in pencil verso lower half: "R-516" "595" "WALKER EVANS"

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