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Walker Evans

Chicago, 1946

Not on View

Medium

gelatin silver print

Dimensions

sheet: 4.5 x 4.6 cm (1 3/4 x 1 13/16 in.)
support: 5.8 x 8.2 cm (2 5/16 x 3 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry H. Lunn, Jr. in honor of Jacob Kainen and in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art

Accession Number

1989.89.10

Artists / Makers

Walker Evans (artist) American, 1903 - 1975

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Inscription

by later hand, upper left verso in graphite: XV.32; by later hand, center verso in graphite: "Chicago" / Fortune / 2-1946

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. Harry H. Lunn, Jr., New York, NY; gift to NGA, 1989.

Associated Names

Lunn, Jr., Harry H., Mr. and Mrs.

Exhibition History

1991: Walker Evans: Subway Portraits and Other Recent Acquisitions, National Gallery of Art, Washington; Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, 1991-1992.

Bibliography

1947: "Chicago: A Camera Exploration of the Huge, Energetic Urban Sprawl of the Midlands." Fortune 35:2 (February 1947): 112-121.

1982: Thompson, Jerry L. Walker Evans at Work. New York, 1982: p. 188 (center).

1991: Greenough 1991, p. 21, fig. 2.3.

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