New York

1940-1950

Walker Evans

Associated Names
Walker Evans

Artist, American, 1903 - 1975

This is a photograph of a large building with a group of people sitting in front of it. The image captures an architectural scene with an imposing structure featuring a row of large, arched windows and a series of columns creating a grand facade. In the foreground, a large stone structure serves as a focal point, with numerous individuals seated along its edge. The photograph is in black and white, and the well-dressed figures suggest a period setting. Trees line the area in front of the building, with daylight casting shadows on the ground.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print mounted on board

  • Credit Line

    Robert B. Menschel Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 12.6 x 16.8 cm (4 15/16 x 6 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1990.38.8

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Clive S. Gray, Cambridge, MA; purchased with donated funds by NGA, 1990.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

upper left verso in graphite: W Evans; across sheet and beginning upper left verso in graphite: make this about 8 x 10 / and straighten, (so that / the building lines are perpendicular) / a[bv?]: this cropping is the section / of the negative wanted - no more.; upper right verso: Evans estate stamp with inventory number XIV-88 added in graphite; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: #1238

Wikidata ID

Q64171857

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