ID 1134171
Lot 151 | WALKER EVANS (1903-1975)
Estimate value
$ 5 000 – 7 000
The Super Wrench and Open-Ended Crescent Wrench, (from Beauties of the Common Tool for Fortune), 1955
two gelatin silver prints
each credited, titled and dated on affixed Sir Elton John Photography collection label and one on gallery label (mat backing boards)
each image/sheet approximately: 7 1⁄8 x 9 ¼ in. (18 x 23.4 cm.)
(2)
Provenance
Jackson Fine Arts, Atlanta;
acquired from the above by the present owner, 1998.
Literature
'Beauties of the Common Tool', Fortune, 1955
Jerry L Thompson, Walker Evans At Work: 747 Photographs Together with Documents Selected from Letters, Memoranda, Interviews, Notes, Thames and Hudson, London, 1984, p. 209.
| Artist: | Walker Evans (1903 - 1975) |
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| Applied technique: | Gelatin silver print |
| Genre: | Still life |
| Auction house category: | Photography |
| Artist: | Walker Evans (1903 - 1975) |
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| Applied technique: | Gelatin silver print |
| Genre: | Still life |
| Auction house category: | Photography |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | ||
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