Artist
Walker Evans (American, 1903–1975)American, 1903–1975
CultureAmerican
Titles
- State Street, Chicago
Date1947
PlaceChicago, Illinois, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 1/8 × 7 in. (18.1 × 17.8 cm)
Sheet: 13 15/16 × 11 in. (35.4 × 27.9 cm)
Sheet: 13 15/16 × 11 in. (35.4 × 27.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.1027
Not on view
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
Exhibition HistoryExhibited in, "American Vision: Photographers from the East, Selections from the Manfred Heiting Collection purchased by the Brown Foundation for the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston from August 23-December 29, 2003.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso center in pencil diagonally "State Street"
verso bottom left in pencil "Chicago State St 1947", bottom right "XV"
verso bottom left in pencil "Chicago State St 1947", bottom right "XV"
bottom right below image in pencil "Walker Evans"
Also signed in pencil, verso of sheet, center "Walker Evans / Chicago 1947"
Also signed in pencil, verso of sheet, center "Walker Evans / Chicago 1947"
verso center a stamp "WALKER EVANS / 163 EAST 94TH STREET / NEW YORK 28, N.Y."
verso bottom left a stamp "Walker Evans" above two rectangular boxes inscribed in pencil "XV", "70"
verso bottom left a stamp "Walker Evans" above two rectangular boxes inscribed in pencil "XV", "70"
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Walker Evans
1936
Gelatin silver print
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