Barber Shop, New Orleans

1936

Walker Evans

Associated Names
Walker Evans

Artist, American, 1903 - 1975

The image shows a woman standing in the doorway of a building. She is to the right of the doorway with one hand on the doorframe. She has short, dark, wavy hair and wears a striped top, dark skirt, light-colored shoes, and a dark scarf or tie. The building is a barber shop with a striped barber pole in front. The exterior has diagonal stripes and barbershop service signs. In the background, there is a storefront window displaying cigars and an ornate balcony with wrought iron railings. The street is paved with large stones, and a part of an old automobile is visible to the right.
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Artwork overview


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

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.

Inscriptions

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

Wikidata ID

Q64171832

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