Main Street, Saratoga Springs, New York

Artist Walker Evans (American, 1903 - 1975)

Date1931; printed ca. 1960s

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 8 1/16 × 6 3/8 inches (20.48 × 16.19 cm)
Sheet: 9 7/8 × 8 inches (25.08 × 20.32 cm)
Mat: 18 × 15 inches (45.72 × 38.1 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.1352

SignedSigned on window mat, lower right, in pencil: "Walker Evans"

Inscribednone

MarkingsOn sheet verso, upper left, in pencil: "16"

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DescriptionImage of a street scene from above. Early model vehicles line the street that cuts diagonally from the lower left corner to the upper right corner of the frame. Leafless trees line the sidewalk adjacent to the street. The pavement appears wet.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

20th-Century Photographs from the Hallmark Photographic Collection. Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, IA, January 10 –February 22, 1981, no cat.

New Acquisitions to the Hallmark Photographic Collection, 1980-1983. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, April 1 – May 1, 1983.

Cityscapes: 20^th Century Urban Images from the Hallmark Photographic Collection. First Street Forum, St. Louis, MO, April 13-May 20, 1984, no cat.

Provenance

Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1974;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.

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