Walker Evans
Minstrel Showbill1936

Not on view

Black and white photograph of a large, deteriorating minstrel show advertisement poster on a brick wall, depicting a chaotic multi-figure scene with racial caricature illustration and bold text reading 'J. C. Lincoln's Sunny South Minstrels'

Walker Evans, Minstrel Showbill, 1936, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Graham and Susan Nash in honor of the museum's twenty-fifth anniversary, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker: Walker Evans
Title: Minstrel Showbill
Place Made: United States
Date Made: 1936
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: Image: 15 3/8 × 11 7/8 in. (39.05 × 30.16 cm) Primary support: 15 3/8 × 11 7/8 in. (39.05 × 30.16 cm) Secondary support: 19 3/4 × 14 3/4 in. (50.17 × 37.47 cm) Mat: 24 × 20 in. (60.96 × 50.8 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Graham and Susan Nash in honor of the museum's twenty-fifth anniversary
Accession Number: M.90.75.169
Classification: Photographs
Collecting Area: Photography

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Walker Evans
Minstrel Showbill1936

Not on view

Walker Evans, Minstrel Showbill, 1936, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Graham and Susan Nash in honor of the museum's twenty-fifth anniversary, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker: Walker Evans
Title: Minstrel Showbill
Place Made: United States
Date Made: 1936
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: Image: 15 3/8 × 11 7/8 in. (39.05 × 30.16 cm) Primary support: 15 3/8 × 11 7/8 in. (39.05 × 30.16 cm) Secondary support: 19 3/4 × 14 3/4 in. (50.17 × 37.47 cm) Mat: 24 × 20 in. (60.96 × 50.8 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Graham and Susan Nash in honor of the museum's twenty-fifth anniversary
Accession Number: M.90.75.169
Classification: Photographs
Collecting Area: Photography