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Polychrome mask, Ivory Coast

Photograph
1935 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Gelatin silver print depicting a polychrome mask from the Ivory Coast

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitlePolychrome mask, Ivory Coast (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Photograph
Brief description
Photograph by Walker Evans depicting a polychrome mask from the Ivory Coast in an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art entitled 'African Negro Art', New York, 1935.
Physical description
Gelatin silver print depicting a polychrome mask from the Ivory Coast
Dimensions
  • Height of sculpture height: in
Dimensions taken from the Museum of Modern Art catalogue accompanying the exhibition in 1935
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
Associated object
2113-1936 (Version)
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
Accession number
2112-1936

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Record createdJuly 1, 2009
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