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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1971.30
People
Walker Evans, American (St. Louis, Mo., USA 1903 - 1975 New Haven, Conn., USA)
Title
Wooden Houses, Linden Street, South Boston
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1930
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, Massachusetts, Boston
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/280478

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
11.5 x 16.2 cm (4 1/2 x 6 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, graphite: [printer's marks]
  • inscription: verso, lower right, black ink, in artist's hand: WALKER EVANS

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of John McAndrew
Copyright
© Walker Evans Archive, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Accession Year
1971
Object Number
P1971.30
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Kristin A. Mortimer and William G. Klingelhofer, Harvard University Art Museums: A Guide to the Collections, Harvard University Art Museums and Abbeville Press (Cambridge and New York, 1986), no. 339, p. 289, repr.

Exhibition History

  • Master Photographs in the Fogg Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 11/11/1971 - 12/06/1971
  • Masterful Points of View, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/25/1979 - 05/30/1979

Verification Level

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