Bridgeport, Connecticut

1941

Walker Evans

Associated Names
Walker Evans

Artist, American, 1903 - 1975

The image shows a man walking on a street. He is dressed in a light-colored long-sleeved shirt with a bold diagonally striped tie, dark trousers, and holding a rolled-up item in one hand. The man has glasses and neatly combed hair, with a stern expression. Another man is seen walking away in the background. Vintage cars are parked along the side of the street, and brick buildings are in the background.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Kent and Marcia Minichiello

  • Dimensions

    image: 22.7 x 17.3 cm (8 15/16 x 6 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 25.2 x 20.2 cm (9 15/16 x 7 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.111.28

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2012

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

Inscriptions

on verso, upper center inverted, Evans estate stamp with graphite addition: VIII / 49; by unknown hand, center in graphite: R / 21; lower left corner: 95; lower right: "In Bridgeport's War / Factories" / Fortune, September 1941

Wikidata ID

Q64170058

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