Walker Evans
Figure of Primordial Ancestor, Mali, Bandigiara Region, Dogon Peoples

Figure of Primordial Ancestor, Mali, Bandigiara Region, Dogon Peoples

© Walker Evans Archive, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Figure of Primordial Ancestor, Mali, Bandigiara Region, Dogon Peoples
Figure of Primordial Ancestor, Mali, Bandigiara Region, Dogon Peoples
ArtistAmerican, 1903–1975
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Figure of Primordial Ancestor, Mali, Bandigiara Region, Dogon Peoples
Date1935
PlaceMopti, Mali, Africa
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 11/16 × 7 5/8 in. (24.6 × 19.4 cm)
Sheet: 9 15/16 × 7 15/16 in. (25.3 × 20.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Brown Foundation Accessions Endowment Fund, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.973
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceArtist's estate
Exhibition History"Recollecting Dogon," The Menil Collection, Houston, Texas, February 3–July 9, 2017.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Stamped in black, verso of sheet, lower left, with pencil insertions: "Walker Evans / XX / 1 "
Inscribed in pencil, verso of sheet, lower left: "001"
Inscribed in pencil, verso of sheet, lower right: "H1 / A2 / W25 / 9 73 / 55"
The photograph is not signed.

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