Object number1987.2.27.1

The United States Hotel, Saratoga Springs, New York

Date1931

Artist Walker Evans (American, 1903-1975)

CultureAmerican

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 7 7/8 x 5 7/8 in. (20 x 15 cm)
Matted: 22 x 16 in. (55.9 x 40.6 cm)

Credit LineGift of Dorothy Seiberling Steinberg, class of 1943

On View

Not on view

Period20th c

Classification(s)

Photograph

InscribedOn the reverse of the mount, upper center in pencil: SARATOGA HOTEL; in ink: THE UNITED STATES HOTEL / SARATOGA NY / about 1931; typed at center: Walker Evans; in pencil right center [circled]: G; lower right [circled]: SS; lower left [scribbled out]: 186+; lower left corner: 87.2.27.1

DescriptionFlush-mounted to board, hinged to the backing mat on the reverse of the mount along the upper edge. An image angled from the side of an ornate five storied building and its porch.

Terms

Saratoga Springs

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