Belle Grove Plantation, White Chapel, Louisiana

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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