Wooden Houses, Boston

1930

Walker Evans

Associated Names
Walker Evans

Artist, American, 1903 - 1975

The image shows a row of Victorian-style houses extending diagonally into the distance on a curving street. The houses have ornate gabled rooftops with decorative wood trim under the eaves, tall windows with shutters, and entry doors accessed by small staircases with iron railings. Sunlight casts shadows of trees, likely from those on the street. Tree shadows and street lamps add to the scene.
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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), 1980; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1980

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

Inscriptions

on verso, lower right, along diagonal, Evans estate stamp with graphite addition: 1 / 164v; bottom left corner: #1725; bottom left, along edge: Box 12; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right corner: 1980.156.4

Wikidata ID

Q64169788

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