Sunday in an Alley

1947

Walker Evans

Associated Names
Walker Evans

Artist, American, 1903 - 1975

Two large wooden shoe shine chairs are positioned side by side in front of an old brick wall. A small cart labeled "PEANUTS 5¢" is located to the left of the chairs, with a glass display case on top. The color palette is monochromatic grayscale, typical of a black and white photo. The chairs are slightly right of center, with the peanut cart to the left, and a window visible above blending into the brick wall background.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Robert B. Menschel Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 13.5 x 19.7 cm (5 5/16 x 7 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1990.38.9

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Clive S. Gray, Cambridge, MA; purchased with donated funds by NGA, 1990.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1991

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

Bibliography

1947

  • "Chicago: A Camera Exploration of the Huge, Energetic Urban Sprawl of the Midlands." Fortune 35:2 (February 1947): 112-121, illus. p. 119.

1991

  • Greenough 1991, pl. 58.

Inscriptions

all inscriptions on mount, center right in graphite: Walker Evans; lower right verso: Evans estate stamp with inventory number XV-61 added in graphite

Wikidata ID

Q64171858

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