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Untitled (Chicago)

A work made of gelatin silver print.

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  • A work made of gelatin silver print.

Date:

1946

Artist:

Walker Evans
American, 1903–1975

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Walker Evans

Title

Untitled (Chicago)

Place

United States (Artist's nationality)

Date

Made 1946

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Inscriptions

Unmarked recto; inscribed verso, upper right, diagonally, in graphite: "Grant / Park / Chicago"; stamped and inscribed verso, left center, upside-down, in black ink and graphite: "Walker Evans [stamped in black ink] / XV [inscribed in graphite/in stamped rectangle] 49 [inscribed in graphite/in stamped rectangle]"; stamped verso, center, in black ink: "WALKER EVANS / 163 EAST 94th STREET / NEW YORK 28, N.Y."; inscribed verso, lower left, in graphite: "14-119 / #295"; verso, lower right, in graphite: "The city's famous front yard of greenery [?], rails, and viaducts (p. 114) / Box 9 900-"

Dimensions

Image: 18.4 × 18.4 cm (7 1/4 × 7 1/4 in.); Paper: 35.4 × 28 cm (13 15/16 × 11 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of David C. and Sarajean Ruttenberg

Reference Number

1991.1468

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