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Walker Evans American
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In the absence of firm knowledge as to the artist's intention in making this self-portrait, one might hypothesize that Evans was testing the shutter speed of his camera, portraying himself as a damned soul in hell, or exploring a way to describe the invisble interface between insanity and genius.
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Title: Self-Portrait
Artist:
Walker Evans (American, St. Louis, Missouri 1903–1975 New Haven, Connecticut)
Date: 1927
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 15.0 x 10.1 cm (5 15/16 x 4 in.)
Classification: Photographs
Credit Line: Ford Motor Company Collection, Gift of Ford Motor Company and John C. Waddell, 1987
Object Number: 1987.1100.67
Rights and Reproduction: © Walker Evans Archive, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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