A black and white photograph of a corner of a building.
Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College

The black and white photograph shows the corner of a building with a balcony. The balcony has four fluted columns with ornate capitals, there is a wrought iron fence between the columns, window shutters are visible on the right side. The front edge of the balcony is supported by large s-shaped forms with a leaf decoration. Below the floor of the balcony is a section of wrought iron fence, made of vertical metal bars with triangular shaped tops, which borders the sidewalk. On the right side of the image is the roofline of another building with a chimney.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1971.28
People
Walker Evans, American (St. Louis, Mo., USA 1903 - 1975 New Haven, Conn., USA)
Title
Savannah
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1935
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, Georgia, Savannah
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/284771

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 23.5 x 18.5 cm (9 1/4 x 7 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, upper left, graphite: C2
    155
    25W
  • inscription: verso, center, graphite: Savannah
  • inscription: verso, center, graphite: Bought from Evans [Davis Pratt's handwriting]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Walker Evans, sold to John McAndrew.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of John McAndrew
Copyright
© Walker Evans Archive, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Accession Year
1971
Object Number
P1971.28
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 1320 Social Realism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/05/2018 - 10/18/2018

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