Houses in Negro Quarter, Tupelo, Mississippi
Walker Evans, American, 1903 - 1975
negative March 1936; print by 1973
Gelatin silver print
Overall: 7 1/2 × 9 7/16 in. (19.1 × 24 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Harry Shafer Fisher 1966 Memorial Fund
PH.973.4
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Photograph
Research Area
Photograph
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed and dated, lower right, on mat: Walker Evans 1936
Course History
SART 30, SART 75, Photography II, III, Virginia Beahan, Spring 2013
ARTH 48.02, History of Photography, Katie Hornstein, Winter 2020
Exhibition History
Homage to Walker Evans, Lower Jewett Corridor, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, May 1975.
Palmer Lounge, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, November 1973.
Walker Evans and 1930s America, Israel Sack Gallery [American Works on Paper wall], Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 20-March 16, 2014.
Provenance
The artist; sold to present collection, 1973.
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