Walker Evans
6th Avenue at 42nd Street, New York City

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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

Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

Provenance[Laurence Miller Gallery, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 1989.
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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