Coal Loader, Havana

Photography and Media

1933, printed c. 1962

Walker Evans
American, 1903–1975

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Photography and Media

Artist: Walker Evans
Title: Coal Loader, Havana
Origin: United States
Date: Made 1933
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Inscriptions: No markings recto or verso
Dimensions: 19.2 × 12.7 cm (image/paper); 45.7 × 35.6 cm (mount)
Credit Line: Restricted gift of Mrs. James Ward Thorne
Reference Number: 1962.165

Art Institute of Chicago, “Far from Home: Photography, Travel, and Inspiration,” January 20–May 6, 2007. (Elizabeth Siegel and Newell Smith)
Fort Worth, Texas, Amon Carter Museum, “American Modern: Abbott, Evans, Bourke-White,” October 2, 2010–January 2, 2011; traveled to the Art Institute of Chicago, February 5–May 15, 2011; Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, Maine, July 9–October 2, 2011.

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