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Portrait of Lincoln Kirstein

c. 1930

Walker Evans

(American, 1903–1975)
Culture
America
Medium
gelatin silver print
Measurements
Image: 16.5 x 11.5 cm (6 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.); Matted: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.)
Credit Line
John L. Severance Fund 1993.30
Copyright
© Walker Evans Archive, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
Not on view
Print
A vertically oriented gelatin silver print depicts Lincoln Kirstein, a man with a light skin tone, short dark hair, and a freckled face. Depicted from the shoulders up, looking toward us, he wears a striped shirt and dark tie. An electric bulb hangs to our left. Emerging from solid darkness, his face is defined by deep shadows, while white highlights glint on his nose and the center of his brow.

Portrait of Lincoln Kirstein

c. 1930

Walker Evans

(American, 1903–1975)
America

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