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Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania

July 1935

Walker Evans

Associated Names

Walker Evans

Artist, American, 1903 - 1975

The image shows a street-level view of an unpaved road with telephone poles and houses along it. The road inclines slightly and is bordered by trees on one side and low hedges on the other. The houses are wooden with slanted roofs and chimneys, arranged neatly on both sides of the road. The scene has a monochromatic color palette and conveys a serene, nostalgic atmosphere.

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Artwork overview

Medium

gelatin silver print
Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lunn, Jr., in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
Dimensions

sheet: 18.7 x 22.5 cm (7 3/8 x 8 7/8 in.)
Accession Number

1990.110.8

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Mr. and Mrs. Harry H. Lunn, Jr.

Exhibition History

1991

Walker Evans: Subway Photographs and Other Recent Acquisitions, National Gallery of Art, Washington; Addison Gallery, Andover, 1991-1992.

Bibliography

1973

Walker Evans: Photographs for the Farm Security Administration, 1935-1938. New York 1973: no. 38.

1991

Greenough 1991, pl. 15.
Art for the Nation: Gifts in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1991: p. 338.

Wikidata ID

Q64171882

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