Walker Evans - Photographs London Friday, May 19, 2023 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Gifted by the artist to The Museum of Modern Art, New York
    Christies, New York, Walker Evans: An American Master, 29 April 2020, lot 1

  • Literature

    L. Kirstein, Walker Evans: American Photographs, New York: MoMA, 1938, pl. 8
    Walker Evans, First and Last, New York: Harper and Row, 1978, p. 71
    J. T. Hill & G. Mora, The Hungry Eye, New York: Abrams, 1993, p. 26
    J. R. Mellow, Walker Evans, New York: Basic, 1999, p. 114
    P. Galassi, Walker Evans & Company, New York: MoMA, 2000, p. 21, 94
    M. M. Hambourg et al., Walker Evans, New York: The Met, 2000, pl. 22
    Walker Evans: Depth of Field, Munich: Prestel, 2015, p. 80

PHOTOGRAPHS FROM A PRIVATE COTSWOLDS COLLECTION

106

Roadside Gas Sign

1929
Gelatin silver print, printed circa 1969.
Image: 12.4 x 17.4 cm (4 7/8 x 6 7/8 in.)
Sheet: 20.2 x 25.2 cm (7 7/8 x 9 7/8 in.)

Annotated in pencil on the verso.

Estimate
£2,000 - 3,000 

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London Auction 19 May 2023