Artist
Walker Evans (American, 1903–1975)American, 1903–1975
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Joe's Auto Graveyard, Pennsylvania
Date1935
Place depictedPennsylvania, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 8 1/4 x 13 in. (21 x 33 cm)
Sheet: 8 1/4 x 13 in. (21 x 33 cm)
Mount: 18 x 14 3/4 in. (45.7 x 37.5 cm)
Sheet: 8 1/4 x 13 in. (21 x 33 cm)
Mount: 18 x 14 3/4 in. (45.7 x 37.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Museum Collectors, by exchange; The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.965
Not on view
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
Bought by Manfred Heiting from Lunn Ltd. on 4/11/1979.
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.
"Ewan Gibbs: Arlington National Cemetery," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 11 November, 2012 - 10 February, 2013.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso of mount lower left in pencil "1-22", "#896"
bottom right below image in pencil "Walker Evans"
verso of mount lower left a stamp "Walker Evans" above two rectangular boxes with pencil inscriptions "I", "22"
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Walker Evans
November 1935, printed 1976
Gelatin silver print
76.387
Walker Evans
1936
Gelatin silver print
2002.1024
