Walker Evans
Dance Mask

Dance Mask

© Walker Evans Archive, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Dance Mask
Dance Mask
ArtistAmerican, 1903–1975
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Dance Mask
Date1935
PlaceMali, Africa
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 5/8 × 7 5/8 in. (24.5 × 19.4 cm)
Sheet: 9 15/16 × 7 15/16 in. (25.2 × 20.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Brown Foundation Accessions Endowment Fund, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.980
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceArtist's estate
Exhibition History"Walker Evans: Photographs of African Sculptures in The Manfred Heiting Collection," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, December 22, 2003–February 29, 2004.

"Recollecting Dogon," The Menil Collection, Houston, Texas, February 3–July 9, 2017.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Stamped in black, verso of sheet, lower center, with pencil insertions: "Walker Evans / XX / 27"
Inscribed in pencil, verso of sheet, lower left: "026"
The photograph is not signed.

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