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Figure of a woman. Senufo, Ivory Coast, border of Sudan.

Photograph
1935 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Walker Evans (photographer)
Place of origin
New York (photographed)

Gelatin silver print depicting an African sculpture, a figure of a woman from the Senufo on the border of Sudan.


Object details

Categories
Africa
Photographs
Object type
Photograph
TitleFigure of a woman. Senufo, Ivory Coast, border of Sudan. (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Photograph
Gelatin Silver Process
Photography
Brief description
Photograph by Walker Evans depicting a wooden figure of a woman by the Senufo people, from a Museum of Modern Art exhibition entitled 'African Negro Art'. New York, 1935.
Physical description
Gelatin silver print depicting an African sculpture, a figure of a woman from the Senufo on the border of Sudan.
Production typeLimited edition
Object history
NB: The term "negro" was used historically to describe people of black African heritage but, since the 1960s, has fallen from usage and, increasingly, is considered offensive. The term is repeated here in its original historical context.

The Museum of Modern Art, New York, commissioned Walker Evans to photograph its 'African Negro Art' exhibition of 1935. He produced 477 images and 17 sets of these images were printed, one of which the V&A bought for $50.
Subjects depicted
Sculpture
African
Senufo
Bibliographic references
  • African Negro Art New York: Museum of Modern Art, c. 1935. 58p., [82]p of plates.
  • AFRICAN NEGRO ART Photographs by Walker Evans List of Photographs The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1935
  • African Negro Art Edited by James Johnson Sweeney, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1935
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
2052-1936

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Record createdJuly 1, 2009
Record URL
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