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Minstrel Poster, Demopolis, Alabama

A work made of gelatin silver print, no. 4 from the portfolio "selected photographs" (1974).

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  • A work made of gelatin silver print, no. 4 from the portfolio "selected photographs" (1974).

Date:

1936, printed 1974

Artist:

Walker Evans
American, 1903–1975

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Walker Evans

Title

Minstrel Poster, Demopolis, Alabama

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

Made 1936

Medium

Gelatin silver print, No. 4 from the portfolio "Selected Photographs" (1974)

Edition

37 of 75

Inscriptions

Inscribed recto, on mount, lower left, below image, in graphite: "37/75"; signed recto, on mount, lower right, below image, on mount: "Walker Evans"; inscribed verso, lower right, in graphite: "(#4)"

Dimensions

Image/paper: 39.1 × 29.9 cm (15 7/16 × 11 13/16 in.); Mount: 50.2 × 37.6 cm (19 13/16 × 14 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Reva and David Logan

Reference Number

1983.1486

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