Minstrel Poster, Alabama

1936

Walker Evans

Associated Names
Walker Evans

Artist, American, 1903 - 1975

This is a photograph of a torn and weathered poster on a brick wall. The image shows a scene that is part of an advertisement for "J. C. Lincoln's Sunny South Minstrels," depicting caricatures in a theatrical and exaggerated manner. The poster, which is partially deteriorated, illustrates a chaotic tableau involving several figures engaging in various activities around a large building. The composition suggests a humorous or slapstick narrative. The monochrome photograph highlights the texture of both the brick wall and the distressed paper.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and David Robinson

  • Dimensions

    image: 24.2 x 19.3 cm (9 1/2 x 7 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 25.3 x 20.3 cm (9 15/16 x 8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1995.35.16

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

David and Mary Robinson, Sausalito, CA; gift to NGA, 1995.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1938

  • Walker Evans: American Photographs. New York, 1938: pl. I.34.

1973

  • Walker Evans: Photographs for the Farm Security Administration, 1935-1938. New York, 1973: no. 379.

1978

  • Walker Evans: First and Last. New York, 1978: pl. 70.

1988

  • Walker Evans: American Photographs. New York, 1988: pl. I.42.

1991

  • Walker Evans: America. New York, 1991: pl. 70.

1993

  • Walker Evans. Millerton, New York, 1993: pl. 51.

Inscriptions

on mount, lower right in graphite: Walker Evans; upper left verso stamped in black ink: WALKER EVANS / BOX 310 RTE / OLD LYME, CONN. 06371; lower right verso in graphite: F

Wikidata ID

Q64170218

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