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Cylindrical Box with Cover. Belgian Congo. Mangbetu. / Box with Woman's Head on Cover. Mangbetu.
Creator
Walker EvansAmerican Photographer · 1903–1975
All works by this person →> Leaving aside the mysteries and the inequities of human talent, brains, taste, and reputations, the matter of art in photography may come down to this: it is the capture and projection of the delights of seeing; it is the defining of observation full and felt. > > -- Walker Evans Walker Evans began to photograph in the late 1920s, making snapshots during a European trip. Upon his return to New Y
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- 1935
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Culture
- American
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- e9fab756-f342-4906-8f4b-6a93b37d35f0
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Originally stored in a vintage portfolio inscribed by Evans and with Crane inventory number "L72.1-45".
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