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20th Century Photography - New Deal/Great Depression, Modernism & "New Vision" Photography, Individual Photographers & Professionals, General & Miscellaneous Photography, General & Miscellaneous Sculpture, General & Miscellaneous African Art

Perfect Documents

by Virginia Lee Webb, Walker Evans
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Overview

Webb (archivist, Photograph Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art) examines the series of photographic portfolios made by Evans (1903-1975) in conjunction with the 1935 exhibition "African Negro Art" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The exhibit presented African sculptures for their formal, artistic, and abstract qualities, not as ethnographic specimens (as was typical of the time). Drawing from the Walker Evans Archive and other archival sources, this volume presents new information about the exhibit, and includes previously unpublished black and white photographs of the related exhibits. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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Book Details

Published
February 1, 2000
Publisher
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Pages
112
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780870999390

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