Hotel Porch, Saratoga Springs

Artist Walker Evans (American, 1903 - 1975)

Date1930; printed later

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 6 5/16 × 8 1/16 inches (16.03 × 20.48 cm)
Sheet: 8 × 9 7/8 inches (20.32 × 25.08 cm)
Mat: 18 × 15 inches (45.72 × 38.1 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.1355

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

Inscribednone

MarkingsOn sheet verso, lower right, in pencil: "3"

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DescriptionImage of a pillared brick building porch. The pillars line the left side of the frame at diagonal, and the facade of the building lines the right side of the frame at a diagonal appearing to get closer together towards the center of the frame.Provenance

Provenance

Purchased by 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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