Walker Evans
Beacon Hill, Boston

Beacon Hill, Boston

© Walker Evans Archive, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Beacon Hill, Boston
Beacon Hill, Boston
ArtistAmerican, 1903–1975
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Beacon Hill, Boston
Date1931
PlaceBoston, Massachusetts, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage/Sheet:6 5/16 × 4 9/16 in. (16 × 11.6 cm)
Mount: 10 × 7 in. (25.4 × 17.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.957
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenanceartist estate;
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.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
in pencil, verso of mount, center "Beacon Hill, Boston, 1931 / used in 1933 MOMA show"


verso of mount center a stamp "Walker Evans" above two empty rectangles

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