About This Artwork

Walker Evans
American, 1903–1975

Alabama Cotton Tenant Farmer's Wife, 1936

Gelatin silver print
8 3/16 x 6 5/8 in. (21 x 16.8 cm)
Gift of Mrs. James Ward Thorne, 1962.158

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, "Ghost in the Shell: Photography and the Human Soul," October 1, 1999-January 31, 2000.

AIC, "Hot Streaks," February 21, 2004 - May 2, 2004, (David Travis) (Galleries 2, 3, 4).

AIC, “The Concerned Photographer,” March 18–June 11, 2006. (Katherine Bussard, Newell G. Smith, Gregory Harris)

Publication History

Keller, Judith. 1995. "Walker Evans: The Getty Museum Collection." The J. Paul Getty Museum. p. 165. pl. 533.
(Other print of this image)