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Walker Evans — Allie Mae Burroughs, Wife of Cotton Sharecropper, Hale County, Alabama
Walker Evans

Allie Mae Burroughs, Wife of Cotton Sharecropper, Hale County, Alabama

Walker Evans' photograph documents Allie Mae Burroughs, wife of a cotton sharecropper in Hale County, Alabama, captured as a gelatin silver print in 1936. This iconic image is part of Evans' renowned documentary work exploring American rural life during the Great Depression era.

Medium
gelatin silver print, flush-mounted, the Lunn Gallery stamp, numbers 'I' and '36' in pencil, on the reverse, framed, 1936
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Auction House · Sotheby's

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March 29, 2023

Estimate: $80,000 – $120,000

Lot 37

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Walker Evans, Allie Mae Burroughs, Wife of Cotton Sharecropper, Hale County, Alabama

Walker Evans' photograph documents Allie Mae Burroughs, wife of a cotton sharecropper in Hale County, Alabama, captured as a gelatin silver print in 1936. This iconic image is part of Evans' renowned documentary work exploring American rural life during the Great Depression era.

Medium
gelatin silver print, flush-mounted, the Lunn Gallery stamp, numbers 'I' and '36' in pencil, on the reverse, framed, 1936
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Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

20th Century, Documentary, American, Photograph, Gelatin Silver Print, Melancholic, Portrait, Rural, Black and White, Social Realism

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