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)
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
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
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"
Cataloguing data may change with further research.
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Walker Evans
1936, printed later
Gelatin silver print
2002.1025
Walker Evans
1936
Gelatin silver print
2002.1024
Walker Evans
1935, printed 1960s
Gelatin silver print
94.67
