In Bridgeport's War Factories

1941

Walker Evans

Associated Names
Walker Evans

Artist, American, 1903 - 1975

This is a photograph of a street scene from the mid-20th century. The image shows a busy urban environment with large cars parked along the street and people walking on the sidewalk. In the foreground, a group of individuals are seen walking, with a multi-story brick building and a gas station in the background. The scene conveys a sense of movement and city life, with different styles of clothing from that time period.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of Donna Barnard Ari)

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 15.5 × 18.42 cm (6 1/8 × 7 1/4 in.)
    mount: 18 × 22.5 cm (7 1/16 × 8 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.5243

  • Series Title

    In Bridgeport's War Factories

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Walker Evans, New York; (Lunn Gallery/Graphics International, Ltd., Washington, DC); Donna Barnard Ari, Washington, DC; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2011; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso of mount, by unknown hand, center left, reversed on diagonal, Evans estate stamp with graphite addition: VIII / 38; center right, perpendicular, in graphite: "In Bridgeport's War Factories" / Fortune, September 1941; lower center, in black ink: 52; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right corner, in graphite: 2011.007.001

Wikidata ID

Q64172011

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