A black and white photograph of a room seen through a doorway.
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Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College

The photograph shows a portion of a room as seen through a doorway. On the right a section of a clapboard wall is shown with a basin sitting on a shelf, next to the shelf is the door jamb, a towel is hanging on hook attached to the door jamb. The view of the room is on the right, an oil lamp sits on a table with a table cloth. A wooden chair sits in front of a door behind the table. There is a kitchen cabinet with a shelf next to the door, there is a large ceramic jar sitting on the counter of the cabinet. The floor is wide wooden planks.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1972.103
People
Walker Evans, American (St. Louis, Mo., USA 1903 - 1975 New Haven, Conn., USA)
Title
Burrough Family Kitchen, Hale County, Alabama
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1936, printed later
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/285025

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
actual: 25.4 x 20.3 cm (10 x 8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • stamp:

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, National Endowment for the Arts Grant
Copyright
© Walker Evans Archive, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Accession Year
1972
Object Number
P1972.103
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • Masterful Points of View, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/25/1979 - 05/30/1979
  • 32Q: 1320 Social Realism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/05/2018 - 10/18/2018

Verification Level

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