Ledgers

1953

Walker Evans

Associated Names
Walker Evans

Artist, American, 1903 - 1975

The image shows large ledgers on a shelf next to a decorated cabinet door with metal embellishments. The ledgers have numbers and labels like "LEDGER" and "GRATUITY FUND." The cabinet door and surrounding wood have a vintage appearance. The ledgers are in shades of beige and cream with black text. The ledgers are arranged numerically from right to left, while the cabinet door is placed to the right of a set of small drawers.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of John Wilmerding

  • Dimensions

    image: 24.8 x 24 cm (9 3/4 x 9 7/16 in.)
    mount: 33.5 x 31.8 cm (13 3/16 x 12 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2008.16.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The artist, Old Lyme, CT; John Wilmerding, Hanover, NH, 1972, later Princeton, NJ; gift to NGA, 2008.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

On mount, just below lower right edge of photograph, signed in graphite: Walker Evans; on mat, lower right, signed in graphite: Walker Evans; lower left, in graphite: for John Wilmerding; on verso, center, black inkstamp: WALKER EVANS / BOX 310 RTE.3 / OLD LYME. CONN. 06371 / RIGHTS RESERVED

Wikidata ID

Q64170302

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