Artist Index: Evans, Walker

Roadside Stand, Vicinity Birmingham, Alabama. 1936. Gelatin silver print, printed later from the original negative. 32,5 x 39,5 cm. "Walker Evans, gelatin silver print from the original negatives" stamp and annotated in pencil on the verso.

Minimal handling dent in lower right, otherwise in very good condition.

Evans, Walker. Message from the Interior. 4 Bl. Mit 12 fotograf. Abb. auf Tafeln. 36 x 26 cm. OLeinen (etwas berieben). New York, The Eakins Press, 1966.
Erste Ausgabe. – Sehr gutes Exemplar; Titelblatt mit Besitzvermerk ("Wilmar Koenig August 1982").

"Railroad Station, Edwards, Mississippi". 1936/printed 1976 by the Library of Congress from the orginal negative. Ferrotyped gelatin silver print on Kodak paper. 19 x 23,5 cm (20,5 x 25 cm). Annotated and with number notations in pencil as well as Reproduced from the collection of the Library of Congress and Tranegarden exhibition stamp (Copenhagen) on the verso.

Some light handling marks, some light surface scratches, more visible at an angle, some traces of previous mounting on the verso, otherwise in good condition.

Lit.: John T. Hill. Walker Evans: Lyric Documentary. Göttingen 2006, ill. pp. 98-99.

"Graveyard, Houses, and Steel Mill, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania". 1935/printed 1976 by the Library of Congress from the orginal negative. Gelatin silver print. 19 x 24 cm (27,5 x 35,5 cm). Mounted in mat, with Library of Congress text leaf.

In very good condition.

"Bed, Tenant Farm House, Hale County, Alabama". 1936/printed 1970s. Gelatin silver print on thick paper. 28 x 35,3 cm. Annotated in pencil on the verso.

A print of this image is in the collection of the MoMA, New York.

Literatur: John T. Hill. Walker Evans: Lyric Documentary. Göttingen 2006, ill. p. 181.
John T. Hill/Gilles Mora. Walker Evans. Der unstillbare Blick. Munich 1993, ill. p. 204.

"Sidewalk Sceen, Selma, Alabama"; "Selma Alabama"; "Storefront, Charleston, South Carolina". 1935-1936/printed 1970s by the Library of Congress. 3 ferrotyped gelatin silver prints on Kodak paper. Each circa 20,5 x 25,5 cm and 25,5 x 20,5 cm. Each annotated and with number notations in pencil as well as Reproduced from the Collections of the Library of Congress stamp on the verso.

All with a few handling creases, otherwise in very good condition.

Lit.: John T. Hill. Walker Evans: Lyric Documentary. Göttingen 2006, ill. pp. 138-139 (Storefront, Charleston).

"Joe's Auto Graveyard"; "Negro Houses, Atlanta"; "Bethlehem, Pennsylvania"; "Selma, Alabama". 1935-1936/printed 1970s by the Library of Congress. 4 ferrotyped gelatin silver prints on Kodak paper. Each circa 20,5 x 25,5 cm. Each annotated and with number notations in pencil as well as Reproduced from the Collections of the Library of Congress stamp on the verso.

All with a few handling creases, otherwise in very good condition.

Lit.: John T. Hill. Walker Evans: Lyric Documentary. Göttingen 2006, ill. p. 68-69 (Bethlehem, Pennslyvania).
John T. Hill/Gilles Mora. Walker Evans. Der unstillbare Blick. Munich 1993, ill. p. 192 (Joe's Auto Graveyard).

"Signs, South Carolina"; "Main Street, Selma, Alabama"; "Train Depot, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania". 1935-1936/printed 1970s by the Library of Congress. 3 ferrotyped gelatin silver prints on Kodak paper. Each circa 20,5 x 25,5 cm and 25,5 x 20,5 cm. Each annotated and with number notations in pencil as well as Reproduced from the Collections of the Library of Congress stamp on the verso.

All with a few handling creases, otherwise in very good condition.

Lit.: John T. Hill. Walker Evans: Lyric Documentary. Göttingen 2006, ill. p. 133 (Signs, South Carolina).