Coney Island, New York

1928 or 1929

Walker Evans

Artist, American, 1903 - 1975

Walker Evans

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Artwork overview


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

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

1982

  • Thompson, Jerry L. Walker Evans at Work. New York, 1982: p. 34 (above left).

1991

  • Greenough 1991, pl. 2.

Inscriptions

below photograph on mount, center in graphite: Walker Evans; on mount, lower center verso: Evans estate stamp with inventory number XIV-92 added in graphite; on mou nt by later hand, uRv//in graphite: WE.161; on mount by later hand, uLv//in graphite: BL 86[4]; on mo unt by later hands, lLv//in graphite: XIV / #1135 c.1928 Coney Island / B-549; on mount by later hand, lCv//in graphite: Lunn / Box 27

Wikidata ID

Q64171814


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