Savannah Photographer's Display

Artist Walker Evans (American, 1903 - 1975)

Date1935; printed ca. 1972

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage and sheet: 9 3/8 × 7 5/8 inches (23.83 × 19.38 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2017.68.25

SignedSigned on window mat recto, lower right, in pencil: "Walker Evans"; Artist's stamp on sheet verso, center, in black ink: "PHOTOGRAPH BY WALKER EVANS / RIGHTS RESERVED - TRANSACTIONS / WILL PLEASE BE MADE IN WRITING", "WALKER EVANS / BOX 310 / RTE. 3 / OLD LYME. CONN. 06371".

Inscribednone

MarkingsOn sheet verso, upper left, in pencil: [partially obscured with linen hinging tape]...fig 2 [circled]"; On sheet verso, center, in pencil: "PLEASE RETURN THIS PRINT".

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DescriptionImage of printed studio portaits, four per sheet, displayed next to one another with metal clips. The sitters include small children, a graduate, well-dressed men and women - some smiling, and couples with arms around one another.Gallery Label

Gallery Label

Walker Evans’s documentary-style photographs of the 1930s focused on everyday subjects, presented with detailed clarity and artistic neutrality. His goal was to present subjects as they stood, without passing or implying judgement. In this image, Evans calls attention to the common use of photography in American society, as displayed in the window of a Savannah, Georgia, photography studio.

Provenance

Walker Evans (1903-1975), Connecticut;
Consigned from him to Robert Schoelkopf Gallery, New York, NY;
Purchased from them by Irene Schwachman (1915-1988), Needham Heights, MA, 1972;
Inherited from her by her grandson, Ben. O. Passman;
Consigned by him to Etherton Gallery, Tucson, AZ by 2017;
Purchased from them by The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2017;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.

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