Trash
1970
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View on museum website →Medium
chromogenic print, scored at margins with graphite
Dimensions
image: 19.3 x 24.4 cm (7 5/8 x 9 5/8 in.) sheet: 20.2 x 25.5 cm (7 15/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry H. Lunn, Jr., in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
Accession Number
1991.212.3
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 ...