Ancestral figure - head

Walker Evans American

1935

Not on view

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Exhibition History

Title: Ancestral figure - head
Artist: Walker Evans (American, St. Louis, Missouri 1903–1975 New Haven, Connecticut)
Date: 1935
Geography: Gabon
Culture: Fang peoples
Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 23.5 x 14.91 cm (9 1/4 x 5 7/8 in.)
Classification: (not assigned)
Object Number: Evans 7
Curatorial Department: The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing

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