Walker Evans

Negro Church
1936

A black and white photograph of an old wooden building featuring a prominent bell tower with decorative trim, a small window with shutters, and a weather vane on top. The building has a pitched roof with shingles, and a closed door is visible at the ground level. The image captures the architectural details and textures of the structure.

A black and white photograph of an old wooden building featuring a prominent bell tower with decorative trim, a small window with shutters, and a weather vane on top. The building has a pitched roof with shingles, and a closed door is visible at the ground level. The image captures the architectural details and textures of the structure.

Not on view

Date
1936

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 5 7/16 × 3 7/16in. (13.8 × 8.7 cm)

Accession number
97.68

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Photography Committee

Rights and reproductions
© Walker Evans Archive, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, N.Y.

API
artworks/11374

Exhibitions

Where We Are: Selections from the Whitney’s Collection, 1900–1960

Apr 28, 2017–June 2, 2019

Walker Evans
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