Object number2018.18.2
Family of Frank Tengle, A Cotton Sharecropper, Hale County, Alabama, Summer
Date1936
Artist
Walker Evans
(American, 1903-1975)
CultureAmerican
MediumGelatin silver print, printed c. 1962 by Rolf Petersen
DimensionsImage: 10 11/16 x 13 11/16 in. (27.1 x 34.8 cm)
Sheet: 10 15/16 x 13 15/16 in. (27.8 x 35.4 cm)
Sheet: 10 15/16 x 13 15/16 in. (27.8 x 35.4 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, Art Gallery Acquisition Fund
On View
Not on viewPeriod20th c
Classification(s)
SignedOn verso, upper left quadrant in pencil: Evans
InscribedOn verso, center in pencil: [four horizontal dashes stacked on top of one another with two vertical dashes in the center] 0/8 (+2) [+4]; lower right quadrant: 31322M; lower right corner: sc2015.1.294; lower left corner: FLLAC 2018.18.2
BibliographyEvans, Walker, and Jerald C. Maddox. Walker Evans: Photographs for the Farm Security Administration, 1935-1938 ; A Catalog of Photographic Prints Available from the Farm Security Administration Collection in the Library of Congress. New York: Da Capo Press, 1976, ref. 283 DescriptionA group portrait of a woman with five girls and two boys of varying ages.
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Walker Evans
1936
Culture: American
