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Penny Picture Display, Savannah, 1936
Details
WALKER EVANS (1903–1975)
Penny Picture Display, Savannah, 1936
gelatin silver print, printed 1960s
stamped 'Lunn Gallery' credit with numbers '1' and '12' in pencil (verso)
image/sheet: 10 x 8 in. (25.5 x 20.4 cm.)
Penny Picture Display, Savannah, 1936
gelatin silver print, printed 1960s
stamped 'Lunn Gallery' credit with numbers '1' and '12' in pencil (verso)
image/sheet: 10 x 8 in. (25.5 x 20.4 cm.)
Provenance
Acquired from the estate of the artist by George Rinhart, Connecticut, 1975;
Harry Lunn, Paris;
Edwynn Houk Gallery, Chicago;
acquired from the above by the present owner, 1988.
Harry Lunn, Paris;
Edwynn Houk Gallery, Chicago;
acquired from the above by the present owner, 1988.
Literature
Lincoln Kirstein, Walker Evans, American Photographs, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1938, part I, pl. 2.
Walker Evans, First and Last, Harper and Row, New York, 1978, p. 127.
Jerry L. Thompson, Walker Evans at Work: 747 Photographs together with Documents Selected from Letters, Memoranda, Interviews, Notes, Thames and Hudson, London, 1984, p. 239.
John T. Hill and Gilles Mora, The Hungry Eye, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, 1993, p. 135.
Judith Keller, Walker Evans: The Getty Museum Collection, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, 1995, pl. 517, p. 161.
Leslie George Katz, Walker Evans: Incognito, Eakins Press Foundation, New York, 1995, n.p.
Belinda Rathbone, Walker Evans: A Biography, Houghton Mifflin, New York, 1995, n.p.
Andrei Codrescu, Walker Evans Signs, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 1998, p. 42.
James R. Mellow, Walker Evans, Basic Books, New York, 1999, p. 299.
Maria Morris Hambourg et al., Walker Evans, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2000, pl. 66.
Peter Galassi, Walker Evans & Company, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2000, fig. 194, pl. 205, p. 175.
Walker Evans, First and Last, Harper and Row, New York, 1978, p. 127.
Jerry L. Thompson, Walker Evans at Work: 747 Photographs together with Documents Selected from Letters, Memoranda, Interviews, Notes, Thames and Hudson, London, 1984, p. 239.
John T. Hill and Gilles Mora, The Hungry Eye, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, 1993, p. 135.
Judith Keller, Walker Evans: The Getty Museum Collection, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, 1995, pl. 517, p. 161.
Leslie George Katz, Walker Evans: Incognito, Eakins Press Foundation, New York, 1995, n.p.
Belinda Rathbone, Walker Evans: A Biography, Houghton Mifflin, New York, 1995, n.p.
Andrei Codrescu, Walker Evans Signs, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 1998, p. 42.
James R. Mellow, Walker Evans, Basic Books, New York, 1999, p. 299.
Maria Morris Hambourg et al., Walker Evans, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2000, pl. 66.
Peter Galassi, Walker Evans & Company, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2000, fig. 194, pl. 205, p. 175.
Exhibited
Ithaca, New York, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, An American Portrait: Photographs from the Collection of Diann and Thomas Mann, April 1–June 12, 1994, no. 31.