Robert Frank’s Stove, Nova Scotia
1971
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View on museum website →Medium
gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 25.4 × 24.3 cm (10 × 9 9/16 in.) sheet: 35.3 × 27.9 cm (13 7/8 × 11 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Stephen G. Stein
Accession Number
2020.29.94
Art Historical Context
In the intimate corners of photographic history, Walker Evans captures everyday poetry in *Robert Frank’s Stove, Nova Scotia* (1971), a gelatin silver print now housed in the National Gallery of Art's photography collection. Renowned for his stark, documentary-style images of American life during the Great Depression, Evans late in his career turned his unflinching gaze to this humble kitchen stove belonging to fellow photographer Robert Frank, who had retreated to the rugged shores of Nova Scotia. The title alone evokes a sense of personal connection between two titans of 20th-century photogr...
About the Artist
Walker Evans · 1903–1975
Walker Evans (1903–1975) was born on November 3, 1903, in St. Louis, Missouri, to an affluent family; his father, Walker Evans Sr., worked as an advertising director. Raised across Toledo, Chicago, and New York City, he attended elite preparatory schools including Phillips Academy in Andover before briefly studying French literature at Williams College, from which he dropped out after one year. A ...