Barber Shop, New Orleans, 1936

East Building, Ground Level — Gallery 106-E

Medium

gelatin silver print

Dimensions

sheet: 35.4 x 27.8 cm (13 15/16 x 10 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry H. Lunn, Jr. in honor of Jacob Kainen and in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art

Accession Number

1989.89.7

Artists / Makers

Walker Evans (artist) American, 1903 - 1975

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Inscription

center verso: Evans estate stamp with inventory number I-18 added in graphite; by later hand, upper right verso in graphite: WE.200; by later hand,lower left verso in graphite: #143

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lunn, Jr., New York, NY; gift to NGA, 1989.

Associated Names

Lunn, Jr., Harry H., Mr. and Mrs.

Exhibition History

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

2002: "I'll Take My Stand: American Art and the Great Depression", Daura Gallery, Lynchburg College, 2002, no exhibition catalogue.

Bibliography

1978: Walker Evans: First and Last. New York, 1978: p. 122.

1991: Greenough 1991, p. 15, fig. 1.