Object number1973.22.27.10
Child's Grave, Alabama
Portfolio/Seriesfrom the portfolio Walker Evans
Date1936
Artist
Walker Evans
(American, 1903-1975)
CultureAmerican
MediumGelatin silver print, printed 1971
EditionEdition 77 of 100
DimensionsImage: 7 1/8 x 9 1/4 in. (18.1 x 23.5 cm)
Mount: 18 x 14 3/4 in. (45.7 x 37.5 cm)
Mount: 22 x 16 in. (55.9 x 40.6 cm)
Mount: 18 x 14 3/4 in. (45.7 x 37.5 cm)
Mount: 22 x 16 in. (55.9 x 40.6 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, The Charles E. Merrill Trust Fund and Art Gallery Fund
On View
Not on viewPeriod20th c
Classification(s)
SignedOn mount, lower right in pencil: Walker Evans
InscribedOn mount, lower left in pencil: X 77/100 1936-1971
Exhibition HistoryThe Friends Focus: On Photography, Frances Lehman Loeb Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, December 7, 1989 - February 11, 1990DescriptionMounted to board, hinged to the backing mat on the reverse of the mount along the upper edge. An image of a dirt grave with a headstone, foot marker, and empty bottles lined along the top within a sparse dirt landscape.
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