Telfair Academy of the Arts and Sciences, Savannah, Georgia

1935

Walker Evans

Associated Names
Walker Evans

Artist, American, 1903 - 1975

The image shows three classical sculptures in front of the Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences. The sculptures depict human figures in traditional classical attire. The central sculpture is slightly elevated and features a figure with long hair and draped in flowing garments. The two flanking sculptures also portray figures in classical-style attire, each holding an item in their hands. The sculptures are made of a light-colored material, likely marble or a similar stone. They are positioned on raised pedestals. The image is in black and white, highlighting the historical and classical nature of the sculptures and the building.
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Artwork overview


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

1996

  • Picturing the South: 1860 to the Present, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, 1996.

Bibliography

1991

  • Greenough 1991, pl. 6.

1996

  • Picturing the South: 1860 to the Present. Atlanta, Georgia, 1996: p. 110.

Inscriptions

center verso: Evans estate stamp with inventory number X-57 added in graphite; by later hand, across top verso in graphite: detail, Telfair Academy of Arts, Savannah, Georgia, 1935

Wikidata ID

Q64170992

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