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Mr. Murray H. Bring

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Ansel Adams, High Country Crags and Moon, Sunrise, Kings Canyon National Park, California, c. 1935, printed 1979, gelatin silver print, Corcoran Collection (Gift of Murray H. Bring), 2015.19.4387

High Country Crags and Moon, Sunrise, Kings Canyon National Park, California

Ansel Adams · c. 1935, printed 1979 · gelatin silver print ·  Accession ID  2015.19.4387

The sculpture shows a man on a rearing horse with one front leg raised. The man has long hair and a beard, wears a long coat and boots, and holds a sword in his raised right arm while holding the reins with his left hand. The horse's head is turned slightly, and its mouth is open. The sculpture is made of a dark material resembling bronze, with a rectangular base featuring details like a sculpted wheel.
Walker Evans, Battlefield Monument, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1936, gelatin silver print, Corcoran Collection (Gift of Murray H. Bring), 2015.19.4218

Battlefield Monument, Vicksburg, Mississippi

Walker Evans · 1936 · gelatin silver print ·  Accession ID  2015.19.4218

A large wooden bureau with an old oil lamp on top is seen on the left side of the image. Next to it is an open door leading to a small, cluttered room filled with clothing and other items. The image is in black and white, emphasizing the textures and shades of grey visible in the wood, fabric, and wall surfaces. The bureau is against the left wall, the doorway is towards the right, and a sign with the text "The LORD will Provide" hangs on the wall above the bureau.
Walker Evans, Farm Interior, New York State, 1931, gelatin silver print, Corcoran Collection (Gift of Murray H. Bring), 2016.117.10

Farm Interior, New York State

Walker Evans · 1931 · gelatin silver print ·  Accession ID  2016.117.10

Two men are posing together on a set of wooden steps. The first man, on the left, is shown from the waist up leaning against the railing with his right arm, standing next to the other man. He has short, dark hair and is wearing a white cook's uniform with a paper hat. The second man, on the right, is leaning forward with one arm resting on the railing. He is wearing a dark shirt, a flat cap, and glasses. Both men have their arms around each other's shoulders and are looking at the camera. In the background, there is a menu board listing sandwich options and prices mounted on the wall, a round light fixture above them, and a doorway visible behind them. The setting is the entrance of a food establishment, captured in black and white.
Walker Evans, Posed Portraits, New York, 1931, gelatin silver print, Corcoran Collection (Gift of Murray H. Bring), 2015.19.4290

Posed Portraits, New York

Walker Evans · 1931 · gelatin silver print ·  Accession ID  2015.19.4290

The image shows a sepia-toned scene through an old window divided into several panes. Each pane shows parts of a single poster featuring a man's portrait, dressed in a suit with a tie. The man's facial expression looks serious, with defined features and a strong gaze. Below and beside the poster, there are arrangements of flowers. The weathered wooden window frame shows signs of aging and peeling paint. The background behind the portrait is dark, creating contrast. A partial reflection is visible in the glass. The outer wall surrounding the window is clad in horizontal wooden siding.
Walker Evans, Political Poster, Massachusetts Village, 1929, gelatin silver print, Corcoran Collection (Gift of Murray H. Bring), 2015.19.4232

Political Poster, Massachusetts Village

Walker Evans · 1929 · gelatin silver print ·  Accession ID  2015.19.4232

This is a photograph of a shadow play on a stack of boxes. The image shows stacked crates or boxes labeled with "ROYAL BAKING POWDER ABSOLUTELY PURE." Shadows are cast across the boxes, creating a pattern. The composition has contrasts between light and shadow, emphasizing the typography on the boxes. The shadows form geometric shapes, possibly from a metal staircase. The image has a classic black and white photography style, focusing on texture and contrast.
Walker Evans, Sixth Avenue El, New York City, 1929, gelatin silver print, Corcoran Collection (Gift of Murray H. Bring), 2015.19.4233

Sixth Avenue El, New York City

Walker Evans · 1929 · gelatin silver print ·  Accession ID  2015.19.4233

From a low vantage point, we look up at the rugged face of a tall, almost sheer rock formation with the moon above in this vertical black and white photograph. Filling most of the composition, the rock formation is slightly rounded along the top but dips down to a jagged ridge to our left. Strong light from the upper right creates deep shadows across its iron-gray surface, which is textured with long vertical streaks of white and lighter gray. An almost-full moon hovers in the otherwise clear, charcoal-gray sky above it, near the top of the image to our left of center. Formations outside our view cast deep shadows along the right edge of the photograph. A smattering of white across from us, low in the image, suggest snow on the rock there. A dark mass close to us is an ink-black silhouette rising from the lower left corner and angling off the left edge, near the upper left corner.
Ansel Adams, Moon and Half Dome, Yosemite Valley, California, 1960, printed 1980, gelatin silver print, Corcoran Collection (Gift of Mr. Murray H. Bring), 2015.19.4431

Moon and Half Dome, Yosemite Valley, California

Ansel Adams · 1960, printed 1980 · gelatin silver print ·  Accession ID  2015.19.4431