Object number1973.22.27.14
Roadside Sign, Louisiana
Portfolio/Seriesfrom the portfolio Walker Evans
Date1936
Artist
Walker Evans
(American, 1903-1975)
CultureAmerican
MediumGelatin silver print, printed 1971
EditionEdition 77 of 100
DimensionsImage: 7 1/2 x 9 1/4 in. (19 x 23.5 cm)
Mount: 18 x 14 3/4 in. (45.7 x 37.5 cm)
Matted: 22 x 16 in. (55.9 x 40.6 cm)
Mount: 18 x 14 3/4 in. (45.7 x 37.5 cm)
Matted: 22 x 16 in. (55.9 x 40.6 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, The Charles E. Merrill Trust Fund and Art Gallery Fund
On View
Not on viewPeriod20th c
Classification(s)
SignedOn mount, lower right in pencil: Walker Evans
InscribedOn mount, lower left in pencil: XIV 77/100 1936-1971
BibliographyChéroux, Clément, Svetlana Alpers, Anne Bertrand, David Campany, Julie Jones, and Walker Evans. Walker Evans. Paris, France: Centre Pompidou, 2017, pg. 126; Evans, Walker. Walker Evans / With an Introduction by John Szarkowski. New York: Museum of Modern Art; distributed by New York Graphic Society, Greenwich, Conn., 1971, pg. 133 DescriptionMounted to board, hinged to the backing mat on the reverse of the mount along the upper edge. An image of a sign depicting a suit, shirt, tie, and pocket square on a stand flanked between two trees and underneath the image reads 'DRY CLEANING'.Terms
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