Walker Evans
Minstrel Showbill, Alabama

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

CultureAmerican

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Minstrel Showbill, Alabama

Date1935

PlaceAlabama, United States

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage/Sheet: 9 5/16 × 7 1/16 in. (23.6 × 17.9 cm)
Mount: 18 × 15 in. (45.7 × 38.1 cm)

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

Object number2002.969

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Department

Photography

Special Collections

Manfred Heiting Collection of Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

ProvenanceRobert Schoelkopf Gallery, New York; Sotheby's, New York, 5/1984.

Bought by Manfred Heiting from Sotheby's, New York, on 5/7/1980.
Exhibition History"The Graham Nash Collection, De Saisset Art Gallery and Museum, University of Santa Clara, 1978.

"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

There is a label affixed to the verso of the mount, upper center: "ROBERT SCHOELKOPF GALLERY / Artist: Walker Evans / Title: Minstrel Showbill, '35 / Medium: photograph / Size: 9 1/4 x 7"

bottom right below image in pencil "Walker Evans 1935"

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