French Quarter House in New Orleans

Photography and Media

February/March, 1935, printed c. 1962

Walker Evans
American, 1903–1975

Currently Off View: Photography and Media

Artist: Walker Evans
Title: French Quarter House in New Orleans
Origin: United States
Date: Made 1935
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Inscriptions: No markings recto or verso
Dimensions: 18.2 × 22.2 cm (image/paper); 45.7 × 35.3 cm (mount)
Credit Line: Restricted gift of Mrs. James Ward Thorne
Reference Number: 1962.177

Art Institute of Chicago, “Textures and Fragments of the City: 20th Century Photographs from the Art Institute of Chicago Collection,” August 4-July 29, 1973. (David Travis)
The Historic New Orleans Collection, “Walker Evans and Jane Ninas in Louisiana 1935–1936,” January 15–March 23, 1991.
Art Institute of Chicago, “Hot Streaks”, February 21 - May 2, 2004, (David Travis) (Galleries 2-4).

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