Coney Island, New York, 1928 or 1929

Not on View

Medium

gelatin silver print

Dimensions

sheet: 10.5 x 6.2 cm (4 1/8 x 2 7/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry H. Lunn, Jr. in honor of Jacob Kainen and in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art

Accession Number

1989.89.1

Artists / Makers

Walker Evans (artist) American, 1903 - 1975

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Inscription

below photograph on mount, center in graphite: Walker Evans; on mount, lower center verso: Evans estate stamp with inventory number XIV-92 added in graphite; on mou nt by later hand, uRv//in graphite: WE.161; on mount by later hand, uLv//in graphite: BL 86[4]; on mo unt by later hands, lLv//in graphite: XIV / #1135 c.1928 Coney Island / B-549; on mount by later hand, lCv//in graphite: Lunn / Box 27

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lunn, Jr., New York, NY; gift to NGA, 1989.

Associated Names

Lunn, Jr., Harry H., Mr. and Mrs.

Exhibition History

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

Bibliography

1982: Thompson, Jerry L. Walker Evans at Work. New York, 1982: p. 34 (above left).

1991: Greenough 1991, pl. 2.