Bridgeport, Connecticut

1941

Walker Evans

Associated Names
Walker Evans

Artist, American, 1903 - 1975

Three individuals are shown from the waist up. In the foreground, there are two young men standing next to each other. The young man in front has short, neatly combed hair and is wearing a light-colored, thick jacket. The other young man behind him has similarly styled hair, and is wearing a sweatshirt with "Bridgeport Visitors" printed on it. Both young men appear relaxed. Next to them is a woman wearing a dark, round hat with netting and a dress with shoulder embroidery. The background shows a street with multi-story buildings.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Kent and Marcia Minichiello

  • Dimensions

    image: 22.7 x 18.1 cm (8 15/16 x 7 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 25.1 x 20.2 cm (9 7/8 x 7 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.111.23


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dr. and Mrs. Kent Minichiello, Washington, DC; gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2012

  • I Spy: Photography and the Theater of the Street, 1938-2010, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, April 22 – August 5, 2012

2017

  • "Walker Evans", Musée national d'art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, 2017 - 2018, unnumbered catalogue.

Inscriptions

on verso, upper right inverted, Evans estate stamp with graphite addition: VIII / 63; by unknown hand, lower left corner in graphite: #108; lower right: "In Bridgeport's War Factories" / Fortune, September 1941

Wikidata ID

Q64170059

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