Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: Three Tenant Families
James Agee
(American, 1909–1955)
Walker Evans
(American, 1903–1975)
Houghton, Mifflin and Co.
(American, founded in 1880)
Riverside Press
(American, founded in 1852)
1960
Place of PublicationBoston, Massachusetts, USA
Medium/TechniqueIllustrated book with 62 photomechanical halftones
DimensionsOverall: 21.7 x 15 x 4 cm (8 9/16 x 5 7/8 x 1 9/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Carl Zahn
Accession number2009.5377
On View
Not on viewClassificationsIllustrated books
Collections
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1960
ProvenanceABE Books dealer (online dealer); by 2007, purchased by Carl F. Zahn, Boston, MA; 2009, year-end gift of Carl Zahn to the MFA Boston. (Accession Date: January 20, 2010)Copyright© Walker Evans Archive, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
1893