Five Knives

1935

Walker Evans

Associated Names
Walker Evans

Artist, American, 1903 - 1975

The image depicts five distinctively shaped blades, each with different handles. The color palette is primarily gray and metallic. The blades are displayed vertically across the image.
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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. Samuel A. Stern, Washington, DC; gift to NGA, 1991.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1991

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

Bibliography

1991

  • Greenough 1991, p. 118.

Inscriptions

lower center verso: Evans estate stamp with inventory number XX-553 added in graphite; by later hand, upper left verso in graphite: 449; center verso in graphite: 553

Wikidata ID

Q64171910

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