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Ruins of a Supposed Spanish Mansion of Tabby Construction, St. Mary's, Georgia
Ruins of a Supposed Spanish Mansion of Tabby Construction, St. Mary's, Georgia

Ruins of a Supposed Spanish Mansion of Tabby Construction, St. Mary's, Georgia

Artist Walker Evans (American, 1903 - 1975)
Date1936; printed later
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 10 1/8 × 12 15/16 inches (25.72 × 32.86 cm)
Mount: 14 3/4 × 19 3/4 inches (37.47 × 50.17 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.1359
SignedSigned on mount recto, lower right, in pencil: "Walker Evans"
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn mount verso, upper right, in pencil: "#14"; On mount verso, lower left, in pencil: "HG/438/8"; On mount verso, lower right, in pencil: "P5.016.014.81".
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DescriptionRuins of a stone building in a wooded area. A single tree trunk splits the frame down the center. The foreground is covered in dried leaves.Exhibition History

New Acquisitions to the Hallmark Photographic Collection, 1980-1983. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, April 1 –  May 1, 1983.

Provenance
Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1981;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
Copyright© Walker Evans Archive, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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