Alfred Petersen's Bedroom, Enfield, New Hampshire
Walker Evans, American, 1903 - 1975
1972
Gelatin silver print
Overall: 12 1/4 × 10 1/2 in. (31.1 × 26.7 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Janet Petersen Mayers, Class of 1947W
2008.25.4
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Photograph
Research Area
Photograph
Not on view
Inscriptions
Dated, in ink, lower left: August, 1972; inscribed, lower center to right: To M.A. Petersen, with king regard and thanks - / Walker Evans, / Photographer
Course History
WRIT 5, Expository Writing, William Craig, Winter 2014
ARTH 48.02, History of Photography, Katie Hornstein, Winter 2020
Exhibition History
In Residence: Contemporary Art at Dartmouth, Friends and Owen Robertson Cheatham Galleries, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 18-July 6, 2014.
Publication History
Michael R. Taylor and Gerald Auten, In Residence: Contemporary Artists at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2013, ill. p. 59, no. 44
Provenance
The artist [taken during his tenure as Artist-in-Residence at Dartmouth College, Fall 1972]; to Alfred Petersen, Enfield, New Hampshire; to his daughter, Janet Petersen Mayers, Delta, Ohio; given to present collection, 2008.
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