Walker Evans
Spectator Sport

Spectator Sport

© Walker Evans Archive, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Spectator Sport
Spectator Sport
ArtistAmerican, 1903–1975
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Spectator Sport
Datec. 1929
PlaceNew York City, New York, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage/Sheet: 5 5/8 × 8 1/2 in. (14.3 × 21.6 cm)
Mount: 6 11/16 × 11 in. (17 × 27.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.950
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceArtist estate; Lunn Ltd., New York.

Bought by Manfred Heiting from Lunn Ltd., New York [ n.d.]
Exhibition HistoryExhibited in, "American Vision: Photographers from the East, Selections from the Manfred Heiting Collection purchased by the Brown Foundation for the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston from August 23-December 29, 2003.

Exhibited in, "New York, New York: Photographs from the Manfred Heiting Collection", at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston from October 8 - March 9, 2003.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Stamped in black, verso of mount, with pencil insertions: "Walker Evans / XIV / 17 / c. 1929"

Inscribed in pencil, verso of mount, lower left: "#3"
The photograph is not signed.

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