Ionic Doorway, New York State

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Walker Evans

Title

Ionic Doorway, New York State

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1931

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Inscriptions

Unmarked recto; inscribed verso, on mount, along upper edge, in graphite: "Doorway, New York State, 1931 38.25 / [illegible/covered by tape] in "Walker Evans: First and Last" pl. 58"; verso, on mount, upper right, diagonally, in graphite: "#1"; stamped verso, on mount, center, sideways, diagonally, in black ink: "Walker Evans"; stamped and inscribed verso, on mount, center, in black ink and graphite: "Walker Evans [stamped] / IX [inscribed in graphite/in stamped rectangle] 38 [erased/inscribed in graphite/in stamped rectangle]"; inscribed verso, on mount, lower right, in graphite: "1-1"

Dimensions

Image/paper/mount: 20.2 × 16.1 cm (8 × 6 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of David C. and Sarajean Ruttenberg

Reference Number

1991.1192

Extended information about this artwork

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