Perfect documents : Walker Evans and African art, 1935
Title:
Perfect documents : Walker Evans and African art, 1935
Author:
Webb, Virginia-Lee. author.
ISBN:
9780870999390
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Physical Description:
112 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
General Note:
Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Feb. 1-Sept. 3, 2000.
Illustrated inside covers.
Exhibition title: Perfect Documents.
Contents:
Perfect Documents: Walker Evans and African Art, 1935 -- The Exhibition of African Art -- The Traveling Exhibition of Sculptures -- The Portfolio of Photographs by Walker Evans -- The Traveling Exhibition of Photographs -- Perfect Documents -- List of Venues and Dates for the Exhibition of Sculpture "African Negro Art" -- Distribution and Formats of the Walker Evans Portfolios -- Dates and Venues for the Circulating Exhibition "Photographs of African Negro Art by Walker Evans" -- Contents and 1935 Arrangement of the Traveling Exhibition "Photographs of African Negro Art by Walker Evans"
Abstract:
In 1935, Walker Evans (American, 1903¿́¿1975) was commissioned to prepare a photographic portfolio of the sculptures in a historic show of African art, held at the Museum of Modern Art that same year. In this catalogue, Virginia-Lee Webb assembles the pieces of numerous puzzles in order to elucidate the history, details, and context of this formative project. -- Metropolitan Museum of Art website.
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