Walker Evans: Houses, Atlanta, Georgia, 1936 F.S.A. Photograph
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Walker Evans: Houses, Atlanta, Georgia, 1936. (Frame houses and a billboard). Farm Security Administration Photograph.
Photogravure 11 × 8 ¾, Sheet 14 x 11, Frame 21 x 17 inches.
Library of Congress Print from original nitrate negative LC-USF342-8057A.
Verso stamp: Reproduced from the Collection of the Library of Congress in the center; Number 2782/K.
Library of Congress: The F.S.A.-O.W.I. (Farm Security Administration-Office of War Information) Photograph Collection was transferred to the Library of Congress in 1944. The call number LC-USF342-8057A designates it as Farm Security Administration original nitrate film negative.
Walker Evans (American, 1903–1975) created black-and-white photographs which are defining documents of 20th-century America. Evans pioneered the documentary and street modes of photography, and influenced major figures including Robert Frank, Diane Arbus, Lee Friedlander, and Bernd and Hilla Becher. Early in his career he successfully exhibited at the NY MoMA, and his work belongs in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Whitney Museum of American Art, among other institutions.
Reference: https://www.loc.gov/collections/fsa-owi-black-and-white-negatives/about-this-collection/
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Photogravure 11 × 8 ¾, Sheet 14 x 11, Frame 21 x 17 inches.
Library of Congress Print from original nitrate negative LC-USF342-8057A.
Verso stamp: Reproduced from the Collection of the Library of Congress in the center; Number 2782/K.
Library of Congress: The F.S.A.-O.W.I. (Farm Security Administration-Office of War Information) Photograph Collection was transferred to the Library of Congress in 1944. The call number LC-USF342-8057A designates it as Farm Security Administration original nitrate film negative.
Walker Evans (American, 1903–1975) created black-and-white photographs which are defining documents of 20th-century America. Evans pioneered the documentary and street modes of photography, and influenced major figures including Robert Frank, Diane Arbus, Lee Friedlander, and Bernd and Hilla Becher. Early in his career he successfully exhibited at the NY MoMA, and his work belongs in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Whitney Museum of American Art, among other institutions.
Reference: https://www.loc.gov/collections/fsa-owi-black-and-white-negatives/about-this-collection/
Shipping & Handling:
Zikorn Arts provides in-house professional packaging and fully insured domestic/international shipping with the carrier and rates determined by destination. Bidders may select the carrier/insurer of choice and supply their postage. In this case, the invoice will be adjusted for shipping charges.
Condition
Fine condition, well preserved. clean, no issues. Please refer to the photos or request additional info. The absence or brevity of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition reports are obtained via email or by phone. Any condition statement given as a courtesy to a client is only an opinion and not to be treated as a statement of fact. Zikorn AH shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.
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Walker Evans: Houses, Atlanta, Georgia, 1936 F.S.A. Photograph
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