Object number1973.22.27.4
Joe's Auto Graveyard, Pennsylvania
Portfolio/Seriesfrom the portfolio Walker Evans
Date1935
Artist
Walker Evans
(American, 1903-1975)
CultureAmerican
MediumGelatin silver print, printed 1971
EditionEdition 77 of 100
DimensionsSheet: 4 3/4 x 6 11/16 in. (12 x 17 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: IV 77/100 1936-1971
BibliographyAlpers, Svetlana. Walker Evans: Starting from Scratch. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 2020, pl. 74; Codrescu, Andrei and Walker Evans. Walker Evans: Signs. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 1998, pg. 35; Chéroux, Clément, Svetlana Alpers, Anne Bertrand, David Campany, Julie Jones, and Walker Evans. Walker Evans. Paris, France: Centre Pompidou, 2017, pg. 177; Keller, Judith, Walker Evans, and J. Paul Getty Museum. Walker Evans: The Getty Museum Collection. Malibu, CA: J. Paul Getty Museum, 1995, cat. 449; Mellow, James Robert. Walker Evans. New York: Basic Books, 1999, pg. 277; Mora, Gilles, and John T. Hill. Walker Evans: The Hungry Eye. New York: H.N. Abrams, 1993, pg. 192; Thompson, Jerry L., and Walker Evans. The Last Years of Walker Evans: A First-Hand Account. New York: Thames and Hudson, 1997, pg. 72 DescriptionMounted to board, hinged to the backing mat on the reverse of the mount along the upper edge. An image of a grouping of cars in an empty field.Terms
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