Nineteenth-Century Greek House, Cambridge

1931

Walker Evans

Associated Names
Walker Evans

Artist, American, 1903 - 1975

This is a photograph of a two-story house. The building has a symmetrical façade with six windows on the upper story, each framed with dark shutters. The lower level has a columned porch that extends across the front. The image is in black and white, showcasing the architectural style of the house with its clean lines and traditional design elements like the brick chimneys on either side of the pitched roof. Foliage around the house casts shadows along the front.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. Harry H. Lunn, Jr., New York, NY; gift to NGA, 1990.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

center verso stamped: Walker; by later hand, upper right verso in graphite: 19th C. Greek House / Cambridge,Mass,1931 / used in 1933 / moma show / IX.89 / #1; lower left verso: IX.8

Wikidata ID

Q64171865

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