Bridgeport, Connecticut

1941

Walker Evans

Associated Names
Walker Evans

Artist, American, 1903 - 1975

This is a photograph of a street scene with several individuals walking on a crosswalk. The image captures a moment in an urban environment. The focus is on four figures walking in a line. They are dressed in mid-20th-century attire and the background shows blurred, brick buildings and parked vintage automobiles. The composition and shadows suggest the photo was taken in daylight.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Kent and Marcia Minichiello

  • Dimensions

    image: 23.1 × 17.4 cm (9 1/8 × 6 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 25.1 × 20.2 cm (9 7/8 × 7 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.111.5

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, upper right, Evans estate stamp with graphite addition: VIII / 51; by unknown hand, center in graphite: R23A; lower left corner: 97; lower right: "In Bridgeport's War Factories" / Fortune, September 1941

Wikidata ID

Q64170088

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