Untitled (Chicago)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Walker Evans

Title

Untitled (Chicago)

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1946

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Inscriptions

Unmarked recto; inscribed verso, upper right, diagonally, in graphite: "Grant / Park / Chicago"; stamped and inscribed verso, left center, upside-down, in black ink and graphite: "Walker Evans [stamped in black ink] / XV [inscribed in graphite/in stamped rectangle] 49 [inscribed in graphite/in stamped rectangle]"; stamped verso, center, in black ink: "WALKER EVANS / 163 EAST 94th STREET / NEW YORK 28, N.Y."; inscribed verso, lower left, in graphite: "14-119 / #295"; verso, lower right, in graphite: "The city's famous front yard of greenery [?], rails, and viaducts (p. 114) / Box 9 900-"

Dimensions

Image: 18.4 × 18.4 cm (7 1/4 × 7 1/4 in.); Paper: 35.4 × 28 cm (13 15/16 × 11 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of David C. and Sarajean Ruttenberg

Reference Number

1991.1468

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