WALKER EVANS | 'Kennebunk Maine' (Maine Pump)

warm-toned, mounted, titled in an unidentified hand in pencil on the mount, titled by the photographer and with annotations in unidentified hands in pencil and with a 'Museum of Modern Art, New York, Permanent Collection' stamp on the reverse, framed, 1933 (American Photographs, Part Two, pl. 32)

Collection of Lincoln Kirstein

Gift to The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1933

Sotheby's New York, Photographs from The Museum of Modern Art, 25 April 2001, Sale 7632, Lot 39

New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Walker Evans: Photographs of 19th-Century Houses, November - December 1933 New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Photographs from the Museum Collection, November 1958 - January 1959

This warm-toned photograph is in generally excellent condition. When examined closely in raking light, the following are visible: scattered thin scratches that do not appear to break the emulsion; and several small matte areas of varying sizes, especially in the lower portion of the image. The mount is age-darkened and faintly soiled overall. There is a 2-3/4-inch tear on the left side which has been reinforced with tape on the reverse. There is a small crease to the mount near the upper left edge of the photograph. There is a brown stain in the upper left corner on the front of the mount; 2 clusters of pinpoint-sized impressions near the lower left and right edges of the mount; and a minor abrasion near the lower center edge. The mount corners are worn. A few minor abrasions are visible on the reverse of the mount. The notations in an unidentified hand in pencil are as follows: 'Gingerbread 19th c.'; '434:30:34' twice; 'LAM 36.14'; and '83.' '41.33' is written in red pencil and '314' in green crayon.
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