Sidewalk in Vicksburg, Mississippi

1936

Walker Evans

Associated Names
Walker Evans

Artist, American, 1903 - 1975

This is a photograph of an urban street scene with an old automobile parked in front of dilapidated buildings. The background features weathered wooden structures, with one building displaying a sign for a barber shop and shoe shine service. Windows are either broken or covered with makeshift curtains. The vintage car has large spoked wheels and is parked on rough concrete pavement. Various advertisements are visible in the background, including a poster for cigarettes. The image provides a glimpse into the everyday life of an urban environment from a bygone era.
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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 and Robert Klein Gallery, Boston), 1980; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1980

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

1981

  • Of Time and Place: American Figurative Art from the Corcoran Gallery, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH; San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA; University of Kentucky Art Museum, Lexington, KY; Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, TN; Philbrook Art Center, Tulsa, OK; Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR; Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA; Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, FL (travelled through May 1983, Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service)

Bibliography

1981

  • Nygren, Edward J. Of Time and Place: American Figurative Art from the Corcoran Gallery. Exh. cat. Washington D.C., 1981: 124-125, cat. 49.

Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, bottom left corner in graphite: #1650; bottom center: Box 11; bottom right, Evans estate stamp with graphite addition: 1 / 56v; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right corner: 1980.156.1

Wikidata ID

Q64172017

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