Walker Evans
Roadside Sandwich Shop, Ponchatoula, Louisiana

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Artist Walker Evans (American, 1903–1975)American, 1903–1975

CultureAmerican

Titles

Roadside Sandwich Shop, Ponchatoula, Louisiana

Date1936

Place depictedPonchatoula, Louisiana, United States

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 7 5/8 × 9 5/8 in. (19.4 × 24.4 cm)
Sheet: 7 15/16 × 9 15/16 in. (20.2 × 25.2 cm)

Credit LineThe Target Collection of American Photography, museum purchase funded by Target Stores

Object number76.242

Not on view

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Department

Photography

Special Collections

Target Collection of American Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

DescriptionWalker
Evans’s principal subject was the vernacular—roadside stands, cheap cafés,
advertisements, simple bedrooms, and small-town streets. George’s Place depicts a roadside sandwich shop of no particular
distinction, yet the viewer is convinced that this is how George’s Place would
have looked had the viewer been there, too.
Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition HistoryExhibited "Evocative Presence: Twentieth Century Photographs in the Museum Collection", The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston February 27 - May 1, 1988

Exhibited "Target Collection of American Photography: A Century in Pictures",
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston December 3 - February 25, 2007
Austin Museum of Art May 19 - August 12, 2007
Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi June 5 - August 24, 2008
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

verso top right in pencil "L-142", bottom right "96"

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