Walker Evans
Seated Woman

Seated Woman
Seated Woman
Seated Woman
ArtistAmerican, 1903–1975
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Seated Woman
Date1935
PlaceMali, Africa
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 3/8 × 7 1/4 in. (23.9 × 18.4 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 number2002.976
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceArtist's estate
Exhibition HistoryExhibited: "Walker Evans: Photographs of African Sculpture in the Manfred Heiting Collection," at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 12/22/03-2/29/04
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Stamped in black, verso of sheet, lower left, with pencil insertions: "Walker Evans / XX / 5"
Inscribed in pencil, verso of sheet, lower left: "009"
Inscribed in pencil, verso of sheet, center: "5 / H4 / 2"
The photograph is not signed.

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