Walker Evans (1903-1975)/Amos Chan (B. 1946)

large-format, the 'Walker Evans Estate' blindstamp and numbered '6/75' in an unidentified hand in ink in the margin, matted, 1931, printed in the early 1980s by Amos Chan from WALKER EVANS's negative, no. 6 in an edition of 75 (American Photographs, Part One, pl. 27; Simple Secrets, p. 47; Walker Evans at Work, p. 58; The Hungry Eye, p. 63; First and Last, p. 47; Rosenheim, pl. 37; Walker Evans and Company, pl. 87)

This luminous later print, on double-weight paper with a surface sheen, is in generally excellent condition. The two extremely thin, small marks in the upper central portion of the photograph, near the edge of the print, and two tiny droplets that appear to be black ink, just inside the upper left corner, are in the negative, rather than on the surface of the print.
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