Object number1973.22.27.11
Sidewalk and Shopfront, New Orleans
Portfolio/Seriesfrom the portfolio Walker Evans
Date1935
Artist
Walker Evans
(American, 1903-1975)
CultureAmerican
MediumGelatin silver print, printed 1971
EditionEdition 77 of 100
DimensionsImage: 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (24.1 x 19 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: XI 77/100 1936-1971
BibliographyCodrescu, Andrei and Walker Evans. Walker Evans: Signs. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 1998, pg. 32. Chéroux, Clément, Svetlana Alpers, Anne Bertrand, David Campany, Julie Jones, and Walker Evans. Walker Evans. Paris, France: Centre Pompidou, 2017, pg. 104; Evans, Walker. Walker Evans. Millerton, N.Y: Aperture, 1979. Pg. 85; Greenough, Sarah, and Walker Evans. Walker Evans Subways and Streets. Washington, D.C: National Gallery of Art, 1991, fig. 1, pg. 15; Keller, Judith, Walker Evans, and J. Paul Getty Museum. Walker Evans: The Getty Museum Collection. Malibu, CA: J. Paul Getty Museum, 1995, cat. 458; Mellow, James Robert. Walker Evans. New York: Basic Books, 1999, pg. 236; Mora, Gilles, and John T. Hill. Walker Evans: The Hungry Eye. New York: H.N. Abrams, 1993, pp. 103, 169 Vassar Exhibitions
Exhibition HistoryNaked City: Photographs from Vassar College’s Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Florida Museum of Photographic Arts, Tampa, FL, November 18, 2010 - January 29, 2011; The Friends Focus: On Photography, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, December 7, 1989 - February 11, 1990
DescriptionMounted to board, hinged to the backing mat on the reverse of the mount along the upper edge.
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