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West Street, Dead End (Sign Detail)

A work made of instant color print.

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  • A work made of instant color print.

Date:

1973-74

Artist:

Walker Evans
American, 1903–1975

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Walker Evans

Title

West Street, Dead End (Sign Detail)

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

Made 1973–1974

Medium

Instant color print

Inscriptions

Inscribed recto, lower left, below image, in graphite: "Holmes"; recto, lower right, below image, in graphite: "1D / 1S"; verso unchecked

Dimensions

Imae: 7.9 × 7.8 cm (3 1/8 × 3 1/8 in.); Paper: 10.8 × 8.8 cm (4 5/16 × 3 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

The Mary and Leigh Block Endowment Fund

Reference Number

1993.356

Extended information about this artwork

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