Walker Evans

mounted, signed in pencil on the mount, titled in ink and with the photographer's name stamp (Keller stamp C) on the reverse, framed, Buhl Collection and Guggenheim Museum exhibition labels on the reverse, 1962

Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York, 1993

New York, Guggenheim Museum, Speaking with Hands: Photographs from The Buhl Collection, June - September 2004, and 4 other international venues through 2007 (see Appendix 1)

Palm Beach Photographic Centre, In Good Hands: Selected Works from the Buhl Collection, March 2011

Middletown, Delaware, Warner Gallery at St. Andrew's School, In Good Hands: Selected Works from the Buhl Collection, October - November 2011

Jennifer Blessing, Speaking with Hands: Photographs from The Buhl Collection (Guggenheim Foundation, 2004), p. 109 and 215 (this print)

This print is on double-weight paper with a semi-glossy surface. It is essentially in excellent condition. When the print is examined closely raking light, a series of small faint indentations can be seen in the lower right quadrant; these do not break the emulsion. A series of small creases can be seen near the center of the top edge; these must have been present in the print before mounting, or occurred during mounting. There is some sporadic minor wear on the edges, and a tiny chip in the emulsion on the left edge below center. The photograph is mounted to think illustration board. When examined with a blacklight, this print appears to glow very faintly, as would be expected in a print from the early 1960s.
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