Walker Evans
Fertility Figure

Fertility Figure

© Walker Evans Archive, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Fertility Figure
Fertility Figure
ArtistAmerican, 1903–1975
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Fertility Figure
Date1935
PlaceDemocratic Republic of the Congo, Africa
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage/Sheet: 9 3/16 × 3 3/4 in. (23.4 × 9.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Brown Foundation Accessions Endowment, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.1016
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 left, with pencil insertions: "Walker Evans / XX / 432"
Inscribed in pencil, verso of sheet, lower left: "369"
Inscribed in pencil, verso of sheet, center: "432"
The photograph is not signed.

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