Doorbell

1958

Walker Evans

Artist, American, 1903 - 1975

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    John Wilmerding Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 24 x 22.7 cm (9 7/16 x 8 15/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1989.69.12

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lunn Limited, New York, NY; purchased with donated funds from John Wilmerding 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

1958

  • "The London Look." Architectural Forum 108 (April 1958): p. 115.

1991

  • Greenough 1991, pl. 60.

Inscriptions

all inscriptions on mount, lower right below photograph in graphite: Walker Evans; center verso: Evans estate stamp with inventory number XXV-1 added in graphite; center verso stamped: RIGHTS RESERVED / WALKER EVANS / BOX 310 RTE. 3 / OLD LYME. CONN. 06371; by later hand s, lower left verso in graphite: #1052 / 86 A Doorbell in London (n.d.); by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: Box 29; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: Clive Grey CG; by later hand, upper left verso in graphite: V / 1970

Wikidata ID

Q64171792

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