Object number2018.18.1
Two Elderly Men Conversing
Date1936
Artist
Walker Evans
(American, 1903-1975)
CultureAmerican
MediumGelatin silver print, printed 1969/1970 by Jim Dow
DimensionsSheet: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Image: 6 1/4 × 9 1/2 in. (15.9 × 24.1 cm)
Image: 6 1/4 × 9 1/2 in. (15.9 × 24.1 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, Art Gallery Acquisition Fund
On View
Not on viewPeriod20th c
Classification(s)
InscribedOn the verso, upper right corner in pencil [vertically]: SH 13; lower right edge: sc2015.1.327; lower left corner: FLLAC 2018.18.1
BibliographyAgee, James, and Walker Evans. Let Us Now Praise Famous Men. Boston: Houghton Mifflin company, 1941, n.p.; Keller, Judith, Walker Evans, and J. Paul Getty Museum. Walker Evans: The Getty Museum Collection. Malibu, CA: J. Paul Getty Museum, 1995, cat. 510 DescriptionTwo elderly men in light colored clothes and hats sit in chairs outside a building with 'FREE / DANCE / S.M.A. / (GYM) / Tonite / 9.Til.' written on the window.Terms
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Walker Evans
March 1935
Culture: American
Walker Evans
March 1935
Culture: American