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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1972.107
People
Walker Evans, American (St. Louis, Mo., USA 1903 - 1975 New Haven, Conn., USA)
Title
James Rufus Agee (1909-1955), Long Island Beach
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1937, printed later
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, New York
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/285277

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
actual: 25.4 x 20.3 cm (10 x 8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, upper center, graphite: 5 [circled] Agee
  • inscription: verso, upper center, black ink, in artist's hand: HANDLE WITH CARE
    Please return this print to Evans
  • stamp: verso, upper center, black ink: WALKER EVANS [circled]
  • inscription: verso, center, black ink, in artist's hand: unpublished hiterto
    portrait of James Agee by Walker Evans
    Long Island 1937
  • stamp: verso, center, black ink: WALKER EVANS
    RIGHTS RESERVED
  • stamp:
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: R27 E

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
P1972.107
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Elogiemos os Homens Ilustres: James Agee e Walker Evans, Companhia das Letras (Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2009), Back cover, ill.

Exhibition History

  • Masterful Points of View, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/25/1979 - 05/30/1979

Verification Level

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