P1972.104: Church Organ, Alabama
PhotographsThe photograph shows a small organ with a round stool on a small rectangular rug in front of it. There is sheet music on a stand on the organ. Behind the organ is a multipaned window with a wooden chair sitting to the right. To the left of the window is a blackboard with the words “Secretary’s Report” in capital letters across the top and a grid of white lines across the surface. White fabric hangs next to it and a small white sign that reads “Six point record system credits” across the top. In the lower left corner three church pews are seen, they are made out of rough boards.
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- P1972.104
- People
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Walker Evans, American (St. Louis, Mo., USA 1903 - 1975 New Haven, Conn., USA)
- Title
- Church Organ, Alabama
- Classification
- Photographs
- Work Type
- contact sheet, photograph
- Date
- 1936, printed later
- Places
- Creation Place: North America, United States
- Culture
- American
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/285436
Physical Descriptions
- Technique
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
- actual: 20.3 x 25.4 cm (8 x 10 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: verso, upper left, upside down, blue ink: 20 - 7 - 1 3/4
- inscription: verso, upper right, upside down, blue ink: 68%
- stamp:
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
- P1972.104
- Division
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Contact
- am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Exhibition History
- Masterful Points of View, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/25/1979 - 05/30/1979
- 32Q: 1320 Social Realism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/05/2018 - 10/18/2018
Verification Level
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