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Bedroom Dresser, Shrimp Fisherman's House, Biloxi, Mississippi

A work made of gelatin silver print.

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  • A work made of gelatin silver print.

Date:

1945

Artist:

Walker Evans
American, 1903-1975

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Walker Evans

Title

Bedroom Dresser, Shrimp Fisherman's House, Biloxi, Mississippi

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1945

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Inscriptions

Unmarked recto; inscribed verso, upper left, in graphite: "84 [encircled]"; stamped verso, center, in black ink: "RIGHTS RESERVED / WALKER EVANS"; inscribed and stamped verso, lower right, in black ink and graphite: "3 [inscribed in graphite/encircled] / Walker Evans [stamped in black ink] / 11 [inscribed in graphite/in stamped rectangle] 152 [inscribed in graphite/in stamped rectangle]"; inscribed verso, lower left, in graphite: "13-111 / #1817"; verso, lower center, in graphite: "BOX 15"

Dimensions

Image: 23.7 × 18.7 cm (9 3/8 × 7 3/8 in.); Paper: 25.2 × 20.1 cm (9 15/16 × 7 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of David C. and Sarajean Ruttenberg

Reference Number

2002.640

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