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Wooden Church, South Carolina
Wooden Church, South Carolina
Object number1973.22.27.7

Wooden Church, South Carolina

Portfolio/Seriesfrom the portfolio Walker Evans
Date1936
Artist (American, 1903-1975)
CultureAmerican
MediumGelatin silver print, printed 1971
EditionEdition 77 of 100
DimensionsImage: 8 1/4 x 6 3/4 in. (21 x 17.1 cm)
Mount: 18 x 14 3/4 in. (45.7 x 37.5 cm)
Matted: 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 view
Period20th c
Classification(s)
SignedOn mount, lower right in pencil: Walker Evans
InscribedOn mount, by artist, lower left in pencil: VII 77/100 1936-1971
BibliographyChéroux, Clément, Svetlana Alpers, Anne Bertrand, David Campany, Julie Jones, and Walker Evans. Walker Evans. Paris, France: Centre Pompidou, 2017, pg. 210; Evans, Walker. Walker Evans. Millerton, N.Y: Aperture, 1979, pg. 67; Keller, Judith, Walker Evans, and J. Paul Getty Museum. Walker Evans: The Getty Museum Collection. Malibu, CA: J. Paul Getty Museum, 1995, cat. 501; Mora, Gilles, and John T. Hill. Walker Evans: The Hungry Eye. New York: H.N. Abrams, 1993, pg. 186
Vassar Exhibitions
Exhibition HistoryThe Friends Focus: On Photography, Frances Lehman Loeb Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, December 7, 1989 - February 11, 1990
DescriptionMounted to board, hinged to the backing mat on the reverse of the mount along the upper edge. An image of the front of a small wooden church with three windows and a covered porch.
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