Political Poster, Massachusetts Village

1929

Walker Evans

Associated Names
Walker Evans

Artist, American, 1903 - 1975

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.
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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Walker Evans, New York; Murray H. Bring, Washington, DC; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (through Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco), 1981; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1980

  • Recent Acquisitions: Photographs, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, July 10 – August 31, 1980

1998

  • Developing Illusions, 1873-1998: Photographs from the Corcoran Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, November 14, 1998 – January 18, 1999

2003

  • Both Sides of the Street: Celebrating the Corcoran's Photography Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, April 12 – August 25, 2003

Bibliography

2007

  • Eldredge, Charles C. John Steuart Curry's Hoover and the Flood: Painting Modern History. Chapel Hill, NC, 2007: 68, fig. 50.

2008

  • Malet, Rosa Maria et al. Modernitat Americana: Obres de la Corcoran Gallery of Art. Exh. cat. Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona, 2008: 98-99, 169.

Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, upper center in graphite: I-4; center, Evans estate stamp with graphite addition: 1 / 16; lower center stamped in black ink: WALKER EVANS / 163 EAST 94th STREET / NEW YORK 28, N. Y.; bottom center stamped in black ink: PROPERTY OF / WALKER EVANS; bottom left corner in graphite: #63[g?]; bottom center: BOX 11; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right: 1981.93.1

Wikidata ID

Q64171998

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