Houses and Graveyard, Rowlesburg, West Virginia / Walker Evans

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Accession Number: 1990/2.53
Title: Houses and Graveyard, Rowlesburg, West Virginia
Artist: Walker Evans
Artist Nationality: American
Artist Life Dates: 1903-1975
Medium and Support: gelatin silver print on paper
Object Creation Date: 1935
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry H. Lunn, Jr., in Honor of the Centennial of The Michigan Daily
Inscription: Inscribed in pencil, verso, l.l.: 1G./#2 Inscribed in pencil, verso, u.r.: .077 Stamped and number in pencil, verso, u.r.: Walker Evans 111 22 (numbers 111 and 22 are in boxes see object file accession sheets for clarification)
Dimensions: 20.2 cm x 25.4 cm (7 15/16 in. x 10 in.)
Century: 20th century
Primary Keywords: graves; graveyard; hills; trees
Secondary Keywords: buildings and the land; death; funerary structures; geography; houses; how we live; modern and contemporary art; plants; portfolios; rites of passage; single built works; single built works by function; single built works by specific type; streets; the natural world
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 1463 x 999
File Size: 82 KB
Record: 1990/2.53
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1990-sl-2.53/1990_2.53.jpg

In public portfolios: 0 - Ellsworth, W17 - The Southern Novel in Historical Context - paper study (17); 0 - The U.S. South (63); Building American empire: war, politics, and social reform in the US, 1901-1950 (235); Death and dying (500); Documentary photography & Social Realism (46); Grief and mourning rituals (178); photojournalism (194); Social justice (347); Social justice and art 1929-1945 (59); Walker Evans (31)

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Full citation: "Houses and Graveyard, Rowlesburg, West Virginia; Walker Evans." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1990-sl-2.53/1990_2.53.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024.