P1972.107: James Rufus Agee (1909-1955), Long Island Beach
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- P1972.107
- People
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Walker Evans, American (St. Louis, Mo., USA 1903 - 1975 New Haven, Conn., USA)
- Title
- James Rufus Agee (1909-1955), Long Island Beach
- Classification
- Photographs
- Work Type
- photograph
- Date
- 1937, printed later
- Places
- Creation Place: North America, United States, New York
- Culture
- American
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/285277
Physical Descriptions
- Technique
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
- actual: 25.4 x 20.3 cm (10 x 8 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: verso, upper center, graphite: 5 [circled] Agee
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inscription: verso, upper center, black ink, in artist's hand: HANDLE WITH CARE
Please return this print to Evans - stamp: verso, upper center, black ink: WALKER EVANS [circled]
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inscription: verso, center, black ink, in artist's hand: unpublished hiterto
portrait of James Agee by Walker Evans
Long Island 1937 -
stamp: verso, center, black ink: WALKER EVANS
RIGHTS RESERVED - stamp:
- inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: R27 E
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, National Endowment for the Arts Grant
- Copyright
- © Walker Evans Archive, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Accession Year
- 1972
- Object Number
- P1972.107
- Division
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Contact
- am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Elogiemos os Homens Ilustres: James Agee e Walker Evans, Companhia das Letras (Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2009), Back cover, ill.
Exhibition History
- Masterful Points of View, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/25/1979 - 05/30/1979
Verification Level
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