Billboard, Birmingham, Alabama

1936

Walker Evans

Associated Names
Walker Evans

Artist, American, 1903 - 1975

The image features a painted interior scene on a billboard that includes several large objects: a door, a table with a telephone, a chair, a framed picture on the wall, a desk with another chair in front, and a standing lamp. In the lower section of the image, there are two figures who appear to be painted as well. The color palette is monochromatic, primarily consisting of various shades of gray. The door is positioned to the right side, with the table and chair near it. To the left of the door, the desk and chair are against the wall. There is a framed picture hanging above the desk. The figures and the lamp are placed further in the foreground. The billboard stands over a grassy and twig-laden surface, visible at the bottom of the image.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Robert B. Menschel Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 13.7 x 8.7 cm (5 3/8 x 3 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1989.69.7


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lunn Limited, New York, NY; purchased with donated funds by NGA, 1989.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

by later hand, upper right verso in graphite: WE.182; by later hand, center verso in graphite: II-137v; vertical along left edge verso stamped: POST CARD CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESS AZO PLACE STAMP HER

Wikidata ID

Q64171785

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