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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2.2002.651
People
Walker Evans, American (St. Louis, Mo., USA 1903 - 1975 New Haven, Conn., USA)
Title
The Posed Portrait
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1930
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/158428

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 19.3 x 13.4 cm (7 5/8 x 5 1/4 in.)
mount: 45.7 x 38 cm (18 x 14 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: recto of mount, below b.r. corner of image, in graphite: Walker Evans 1930
  • inscription: recto of mount, below b.r. corner of image, in graphite: Walker Evans 1930

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts
Copyright
© Walker Evans Archive, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Accession Year
2011
Object Number
2.2002.651
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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