Lot 40
Walker Evans(1903-1975)Untitled (African Sculpture)
28 April – 12 May 2020, 14:00 EDT
Online, New YorkUS$4,000 - US$6,000
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Walker Evans (1903-1975)
Untitled (African Sculpture), 1935
Gelatin silver print, 'Lunn Archive' stamp with notation 'XX 437' in pencil on the verso.
9 1/4 x 7 1/2in (23.4 x 19cm)
sheet 10 x 8in (25.4 x 20.3cm)
Gelatin silver print, 'Lunn Archive' stamp with notation 'XX 437' in pencil on the verso.
9 1/4 x 7 1/2in (23.4 x 19cm)
sheet 10 x 8in (25.4 x 20.3cm)
Footnotes
Provenance
With Paul Hertzmann, San Francisco
In 1935, the groundbreaking African Negro Art exhibition was organized by The Museum of Modern Art in New York. The show included over 600 African sculptures which were for the first time were displayed as works of art, rather than as purely ethnographic objects. Evans, then only 32 years old, was commissioned by the Museum to create a substantial portfolio documenting the masterpieces of the exhibition.