Penny Picture Display, Savannah

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Artist Walker Evans (American, 1903–1975)American, 1903–1975

CultureAmerican

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Penny Picture Display, Savannah

Date1936

PlaceSavannah, Georgia, United States

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 9 3/8 × 7 5/8 in. (23.8 × 19.3 cm)
Sheet: 9 15/16 × 8 in. (25.3 × 20.3 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment, The Manfred Heiting Collection

Object number2002.972

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Department

Photography

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Manfred Heiting Collection of Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

ProvenanceArtist estate; Lunn Ltd., New York.

Bought by Manfred Heiting from Lunn Ltd., New York, 4/14/1977.
Exhibition History"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.
Published References Jerry L Thompson: "Walker Evans at Work", Harper & Row, New York, 1982, page 139. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

verso bottom left corner in pencil "#357"
verso bottom right "4"

verso lower center a stamp "Walker Evans" above two rectangular boxes inscribed in pencil "I", "12"

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