Breakfast Room, Belle Grove Plantation, White Chapel, Louisiana

1935

Walker Evans

Associated Names
Walker Evans

Artist, American, 1903 - 1975

This is a photograph of an ornate interior space with classical architectural features. The image shows a segment of a room or hallway characterized by grand neoclassical design. There are Corinthian columns with elaborate capitals spaced along the walls. The room appears neglected with signs of decay such as crumbling plaster and peeling paint. At the end of the hallway, there is a closed door with wooden shutters. The photograph captures the elegance of the past juxtaposed against the wear of time, evoking a sense of history and nostalgia.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Robert B. Menschel Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 20.2 x 25.2 cm (7 15/16 x 9 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1989.69.5

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lunn Limited, New York, NY; purchased with donated funds by NGA, 1989.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1991

  • Walker Evans: Subway Portraits and Other Recent Acquisitions, National Gallery of Art, Washington; Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, 1991-1992.

Bibliography

1971

  • Szarkowski, John. Walker Evans. New York, 1971: p. 77.

1978

  • Walker Evans: First and Last. New York, 1978: p. 125.

1982

  • Thompson, Jerry L. Walker Evans at Work. New York, 1982: p. 110 (above right).

1991

  • Greenough 1991, pl. 17.

Inscriptions

on mount by unknown hand, across bottom in graphite: 34 7 5/8" 83.5; on mount by artist's hand?, lower left verso in graphite: MOMA II-76; on mount by artist's hand?, lower center verso in graphite: 4804/80; on mount by later hand, upper right verso in graphite: 70.1328

Wikidata ID

Q64171782

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