Street Scene, New York City

Summer 1938

Walker Evans

Associated Names
Walker Evans

Artist, American, 1903 - 1975

This is a photograph of a residential street with children. The image shows a street setting with a wrought iron staircase in the foreground. The staircase has ornamental designs and leads to a brick building typical of urban areas. Shadows play across the concrete ground, indicating sunlight. In the background, there are more urban neighborhood details, with rows of buildings with stoops, railings, and brickwork. People are seen on sidewalks and stairs, creating a lively neighborhood scene.
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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Clive S. Gray, Cambridge, MA; gift to 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

1973

  • Walker Evans: Photographs for the Farm Security Administration, 1935-1938. New York, 1973: no. 471.

1982

  • Thompson, Jerry L. Walker Evans at Work. New York, 1982: p. 148.

1991

  • Greenough 1991, pl. 20.

Inscriptions

lower left verso: Evans estate stamp with inventory number II-146 added in graphite; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: #433

Wikidata ID

Q64169829

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