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Coal Miner's House, Scott's Run, West Virginia

A work made of gelatin silver print.

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  • A work made of gelatin silver print.

Date:

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

Coal Miner's House, Scott's Run, West Virginia

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1935

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Inscriptions

Unmarked recto; inscribed verso, in graphite: 22 [encircled]; verso, lower left, diagonally, in graphite: C2 / 15 / 75 W; stamped and inscribed verso, lower right, in black ink and graphite: Walker Evans [stamped in black ink] / 11 [inscribed in graphite/in stamped rectangle] 126 [inscribed in graphite/in stamped rectangle]; inscribed verso, lower left, in graphite: 9-85 / 454

Dimensions

Image: 19.3 × 24.3 cm (7 5/8 × 9 5/8 in.); Paper: 20.2 × 25.2 cm (8 × 9 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of David C. and Sarajean Ruttenberg

Reference Number

1991.1427

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