ID 1303628
Lot 40 | WALKER EVANS (1903-1975)
Estimate value
$ 4 000 – 6 000
Negro Barber Shop Interior, Atlanta, 1936
gelatin silver print, printed c. 1988 by the Library of Congress
stamped 'Reproduced from the Collections/ of The Library of Congress' and numbered 'RA-8100' in pencil (verso)
image/sheet: 8 ¼ x 10 in. (20.9 x 25.4 cm.)
Provenance
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1988;
Walker Evans: An American Master, Christie's, New York, April 29, 2020, lot 26;
acquired from the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
Lincoln Kirstein, Walker Evans: American Photographs, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1938, Part I, pl. 6.
Jerald C. Maddox, Walker Evans Photographs for the Farm Security Administration, 1935-1938, Da Capo, New York, 1975, pl. 170.
Exhibition catalogue, Walker Evans, America, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus München, 1990, pl. 50.
Sarah Greenough, Walker Evans; Subways and Streets, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1991, pl. 13.
John T. Hill and Gilles Mora, The Hungry Eye, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, 1993, p. 144.
Judith Keller, Walker Evans: The Getty Museum Collection, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, 1995, pl. 497, p. 156.
Maria Morris Hambourg et al., Walker Evans, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2000, pl. 82.
Peter Galassi, Walker Evans & Company, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2000, fig. 37, p. 61.
Artist: | Walker Evans (1903 - 1975) |
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Applied technique: | Gelatin silver print |
Auction house category: | Photography |
Artist: | Walker Evans (1903 - 1975) |
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Applied technique: | Gelatin silver print |
Auction house category: | Photography |
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