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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"
Art Institute of Chicago, “Walker Evans: Leaving Things as They Are,” September 12–November 8, 1987. (David Travis)
Art Institute of Chicago, Gallery 189 Permanent Collection Rotation, January 8–April 15, 2019.
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