Farm Interior, New York State

1931

Walker Evans

Associated Names
Walker Evans

Artist, American, 1903 - 1975

A large wooden bureau with an old oil lamp on top is seen on the left side of the image. Next to it is an open door leading to a small, cluttered room filled with clothing and other items. The image is in black and white, emphasizing the textures and shades of grey visible in the wood, fabric, and wall surfaces. The bureau is against the left wall, the doorway is towards the right, and a sign with the text "The LORD will Provide" hangs on the wall above the bureau.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Walker Evans, New York; Murray H. Bring, Washington, DC; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (through Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco), 1981; acquired by NGA, 2016.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1980

  • Recent Acquisitions: Photographs, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, July 10 – August 31, 1980

Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, bottom left corner in graphite: 885; lower center, Evans estate stamp with graphite addition: 1 / 38; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right in graphite: 1981.93.3

Wikidata ID

Q64172014

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