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Sidewalk in Vicksburg, Mississippi by Walker Evans

Sidewalk in Vicksburg, Mississippi

Walker Evans

Catherine Burns Fine Art United States

Artwork details

Artist
Walker Evans
Title
Sidewalk in Vicksburg, Mississippi
Description

Walker Evans: Photographs for the Farm Security Administration 1935-1938, pl. 130 (variant); Walker Evans: The Getty Museum Collection, pl. 487 (variant) Gelatin silver print. Printed in the 1940s-1950s. Stamped (on the verso with the photographer’s hand stamp): Walker Evans / 1 – 56v.

Provenance: Harry Lunn Gallery, Washington D.C.; to The Baker Gallery, Kansas City; to [via Swann] the present owner in 2008.

Date
1936
Medium
Gelatin Silver Print
Edition
Unknown
Signature
Unsigned
Catalogue Raisonne
Walker Evans: Photographs for the Farm Security Administration 1935-1938, pl. 130 (variant); Walker Evans: The Getty Museum Collection, pl. 487 (variant)
Sheet
19.4 x 25.1 cm
Status
Available
Price
Price on request
The Artist

Walker Evans

Walker Evans (1903–1975) was an American photographer whose work elevated documentary photography to the realm of fine art. Best known for his striking images of the Great Depression and rural America, Evans combined rigorous composition with an unflinching eye for detail, capturing both the architecture and the human condition with clarity reminiscent of masterful etchings. His photographs transform ordinary subjects—storefronts, signage, and everyday people—into enduring studies of form, line, and texture. Collectors prize Evans’s work for its technical precision, narrative depth, and timeless visual resonance.

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