Bridgeport, Connecticut

1941

Walker Evans

Associated Names
Walker Evans

Artist, American, 1903 - 1975

The image depicts a young man walking down a street. He holds a paper bag in his left arm and a cigarette in his right hand. He is dressed in a white button-down shirt, high-waisted trousers, and a zippered cardigan with the right sleeve pushed up. The man's facial expression appears focused, with his lips slightly parted. His hair is neatly styled and combed back. In the background, there are buildings with large windows and parked cars on the street, indicating an urban setting.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Kent and Marcia Minichiello

  • Dimensions

    image: 22.6 x 17.4 cm (8 7/8 x 6 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 25.2 x 20.2 cm (9 15/16 x 7 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.111.2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dr. and Mrs. Kent Minichiello, Washington, DC; gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1991

  • Walker Evans: Subway Photographs and Other Recent Acquisitions, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, November 24, 1991 - March 1, 1992

2012

  • I Spy: Photography and the Theater of the Street, 1938-2010, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, April 22 – August 5, 2012

2017

  • "Walker Evans", Musée national d'art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, 2017 - 2018, unnumbered catalogue.

Bibliography

1991

  • Greenough 1991, pl. 57

2012

  • Greenough 2012, pl. 6

Inscriptions

on verso, Evans estate stamp with graphite addition: VIII / 50; by unknown hand, center in graphite: R / 19; lower left corner: 96; lower right: "In Bridgeport's War Factories" / Fortune, September 1941

Wikidata ID

Q64170049

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