Walker Evans: Selected Photographs
1974
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portfolio of 15 gelatin silver prints
Dimensions
overall: 4.8 x 39 x 52.8 cm (1 7/8 x 15 3/8 x 20 13/16 in.)
Classification
Portfolio
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Lee and Maria Friedlander
Accession Number
2006.117.2.1-15
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 ...