Walker Evans
from the exhibition African Negro Art, Museum of Modern Art, New York

from the exhibition African Negro Art, Museum of Modern Art, New York
from the exhibition African Negro Art, Museum of Modern Art, New York
from the exhibition African Negro Art, Museum of Modern Art, New York
ArtistAmerican, 1903–1975
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • from the exhibition African Negro Art, Museum of Modern Art, New York
Date1936
PlaceAfrica
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 1/2 × 7 5/8 in. (24.1 × 19.3 cm)
Sheet: 9 15/16 × 7 7/8 in. (25.2 × 20 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Brown Foundation Accessions Endowment Fund, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.985
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceArtist's estate
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Stamped in black, verso of sheet, lower center, with pencil insertions: "Walker Evans / XX / 41"
Inscribed in pencil, verso of sheet, lower left: "046"
Inscribed in pencil, verso of sheet, center: "41 / 4 + 8"
The photograph is not signed.

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