Young Girl

1935

Walker Evans

Associated Names
Walker Evans

Artist, American, 1903 - 1975

The image shows a young person standing and leaning slightly against a wire fence. The person has a focused or distant expression on their face, with large eyes and a slightly parted mouth. They have short, wavy blonde hair that is held back with a hair clip on one side. They are wearing an open collared jacket over a shirt, with visible buttons. The hand visible in the image is grasping the wire fence. The background is out of focus, with what appears to be trees and some wooden structures.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Robert B. Menschel Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 15.1 x 20.9 cm (5 15/16 x 8 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1991.174.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lunn Limited, New York, NY; purchased with donated funds by 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, pl. 19.

Inscriptions

lower center verso: estate stamp (no inventory number added); by later hand, upper center verso in graphite: 38.2301 / Evans; by later hand, upper left verso in graphite: 13; by later hand, upper right verso in graphite: WE.198

Wikidata ID

Q64171005

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