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Show Bill, Demopolis, Alabama / Poster, Alabama
Walker Evans1936
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
African Americans owned and performed the traveling minstrel show "Silas Green from New Orleans." From 1907 to 1958 they brought jazz, ragtime, and comedy to the Southern states. Surprisingly, photography, which is expected to arrest motion, has the effect of animating this painted chorus line.
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Details
- Title: Show Bill, Demopolis, Alabama / Poster, Alabama
- Creator: Walker Evans
- Date Created: 1936
- Physical Dimensions: 15.6 × 21.8 cm (6 1/8 × 8 9/16 in.)
- Type: Print
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Gelatin silver print
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 84.XM.956.294
- Culture: American
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
- Creator Display Name: Walker Evans (American, 1903 - 1975)
- Classification: Photographs (Visual Works)
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