Havana Citizen

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Artist/Maker	Walker Evans (photographer)
Place of origin	Havana (photographed)

A black and white photograph depicting in man, standing on an urban street, wearing a white suit and boater hat.

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Categories	Photographs Portraits Fashion Clothing Caribbean
Object type	Photograph
Title	Havana Citizen (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Gelatin-silver print Photographic Paper Gelatin-Silver
Brief description	Photograph by Walker Evans, 'Havana Citizen', gelatin-silver print, Cuba, 1933
Physical description	A black and white photograph depicting in man, standing on an urban street, wearing a white suit and boater hat.
Dimensions	Image height: 28.2cm Image width: 15.2cm Sheet height: 35.2cm Sheet width: 27.8cm Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1991
Marks and inscriptions	(Impressed with the blind stamp of the Walker Evans Estate)
Subjects depicted	Men Suits Boaters
Place depicted	Havana
Bibliographic references	Harrison, Martin. Appearances : Fashion Photography Since 1945. London: J. Cape, 1991. 312 pp, illus. ISBN: 0224030671. p. 46 Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1991
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.1527-1991

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Record created	March 2, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O195016/havana-citizen-photograph-walker-evans/

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