[Manuscript, Typescript, and Carbon Notes, Including Notebook of Exposure Records, Correspondence, and Nine Gelatin Silver Prints Relating to African Art Portfolio Commissioned by the Museum of Modern Art]

Author Walker Evans American
Author Peter Sekaer American, born Denmark
Correspondent Beaumont Newhall American
1935–52
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  • Title: [Manuscript, Typescript, and Carbon Notes, Including Notebook of Exposure Records, Correspondence, and Nine Gelatin Silver Prints Relating to African Art Portfolio Commissioned by the Museum of Modern Art]
  • Author: Walker Evans (American, St. Louis, Missouri 1903–1975 New Haven, Connecticut)
  • Author: Peter Sekaer (American (born Denmark), Copenhagen 1901–1950 Ardsley, New York)
  • Correspondent: Beaumont Newhall (American, Lynn, Massachusetts 1908–1993 Santa Fe, New Mexico)
  • Date: 1935–52
  • Classification: Manuscript Materials
  • Credit Line: Walker Evans Archive, 1994
  • Object Number: 1994.250.56
  • Curatorial Department: Photographs

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