Object number1973.22.27.2
Boarding House, Birmingham, Alabama
Portfolio/Seriesfrom the portfolio Walker Evans
DateMarch 1936
Artist
Walker Evans
(American, 1903-1975)
CultureAmerican
MediumGelatin silver print, printed 1971
EditionEdition 77 of 100
DimensionsImage: 7 3/8 x 9 1/4 in. (18.7 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: II 77/100 1936-1971
BibliographyAgee, James, and Walker Evans. Let Us Now Praise Famous Men. Boston: Houghton Mifflin company, 1941, n.p.; Evans, Walker, and Jerald C. Maddox. Walker Evans: Photographs for the Farm Security Administration, 1935-1938, A Catalog of Photographic Prints Available from the Farm Security Administration Collection in the Library of Congress. New York: Da Capo Press, 1976, ref. 228; Keller, Judith, Walker Evans, and J. Paul Getty Museum. Walker Evans: The Getty Museum Collection. Malibu, CA: J. Paul Getty Museum, 1995, cat. 514; Mora, Gilles, and John T. Hill. Walker Evans: The Hungry Eye. New York: H.N. Abrams, 1993, pg. 172 DescriptionMounted to board, hinged to the backing mat on the reverse of the mount along the upper edge. An image of the front porch of a house with decorative spandrels and posts - two men sit in chairs out front and a third is visible in a second story window on right.Terms
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