Coney Island, New York
1928 or 1929
Artist, American, 1903 - 1975

Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 10.4 x 6 cm (4 1/8 x 2 3/8 in.)
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Accession
1989.89.2
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 (center left).
1991
Greenough 1991, pl. 3.
Inscriptions
below photograph on mount, center in graphite: Walker Evans; on mount, lower left verso: Evans estate stamp with inventory number XIV-90 added in graphite; on mou nt by later hand, uRv//in graphite: WE.162; on mount by later hands, ulv//in graphite: B.L 862 550/ #1 in 1974 EXh; on mount by later hands, lLv//in graphite: #1136 c.1929 Coney Island / B-547 XIV; on mount by later hands, lCv//in graphite: Lunn / Box 27
Wikidata ID
Q64171816