Mining Store Company, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania

July 1935

Walker Evans

Associated Names
Walker Evans

Artist, American, 1903 - 1975

The image shows a building with a symmetrical facade, three windows on the upper level, and an awning over the entrance below. The land is flat before gently rising to the right, with telegraph poles receding into the distance on the left. The image is in black and white. The Union Supply Company store is in the center, with a sign indicating its name. Details of the building's wood siding, a dirt road, a pile of bricks, and a utility pole are visible. A vintage gas pump is on the side of the building. The scene evokes a sense of stillness, with sharp contrasts highlighting the landscape and architecture.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Robert B. Menschel Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 20.1 x 25.2 cm (7 15/16 x 9 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1989.72.2


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Bibliography

1971

  • Szarkowski, John. Walker Evans. New York, 1971: p. 113 (as Company Store, Hecla, West Virginia, 1936).

1973

  • Walker Evans: Photographs for the Farm Security Administration, 1935-1938. New York, 1973: no. 39.

Inscriptions

upper right printed from negative in reverse: RA896A; lower right verso: Evans estate stamp w/ inventory # II-112 added in graphite; later hand, lower left verso in graphite: 1777

Wikidata ID

Q64171805

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