Artist
Walker Evans (American, 1903–1975)American, 1903–1975
CultureAmerican
Titles
- 6th Avenue at 42nd Street, New York City
Date1929
PlaceNew York City, New York, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage/Sheet: 8 1/4 × 12 3/16 in. (21 × 31 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Lynch Foundation
Object number89.35
Not on view
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Department
PhotographyObject Type
Exhibition History"Photographic Masterworks: Recent Acquisitions from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," Glassell School, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, January 23–March 4, 1990.
"Walker Evans," Städtische Galerie Im Lenbachhaus, Munich, August 15–October 14, 1990.
"Walker Evans and the City," Centre National De La Photographie, Paris, October 25–December 5, 1994.
"New York: Yesterday and Tomorrow," Shell and the American Landscape Museum, Houston, May 8–September 12, 2002.
"American Made: 250 Years of American Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, July 7, 2012–January 2, 2013.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso middle of sheet in pencil " 6th Ave at 42nd St NYC "
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Gelatin silver print
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Gelatin silver print
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