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Belle Grove Plantation, White Chapel, Louisiana

A work made of gelatin silver print.

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  • A work made of gelatin silver print.

Date:

February/March 1935, printed c. 1970

Artist:

Walker Evans
American, 1903–1975

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Walker Evans

Title

Belle Grove Plantation, White Chapel, Louisiana

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1935

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Inscriptions

Unmarked recto; inscribed verso, along upper edge, in graphite: "Belle Grove Plantation, White Chapel, Louisiana, 1935"; stamped and inscribed verso, center, in black ink and graphite: "Walker Evans [stamped in black ink] / X [inscribed in graphite/in stamped rectangle] 7-49 [inscribed in graphite/in stamped rectangle]"; inscribed verso, center, in graphite: "167"

Dimensions

Image: 19.5 × 24.5 cm (7 11/16 × 9 11/16 in.); Paper: 20.3 × 20.4 cm (8 × 8 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of David C. and Sarajean Ruttenberg

Reference Number

1991.1229

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