Walker Evans
Ritual Female Figure

Ritual Female Figure

© Walker Evans Archive, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Ritual Female Figure
Ritual Female Figure
ArtistAmerican, 1903–1975
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Ritual Female Figure
Date1935
PlaceCôte d'Ivoire, Africa
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage/Sheet: 9 1/4 × 3 7/8 in. (23.5 × 9.9 cm)
Mount: 12 3/8 × 10 3/16 in. (31.5 × 25.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Brown Foundation Accessions Endowment Fund, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.1022
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenanceartist estate
Exhibition HistoryExhibited: "Walker Evans: Photographs of African Sculptures in The Manfred Heiting Collection," the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, December 22, 2003 - February 29, 2004
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Stamped in black, verso of mount, center, with pencil insertions: "Walker Evans / XV / 64"
Inscribed in pencil, verso of mount, lower right: "pl 64 / CAT 64"
Inscribed in black, verso of mount, lower right: "64"
The photograph is not signed.

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