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Window Display, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

1935

Walker Evans

(American, 1903–1975)
Culture
America
Medium
gelatin silver print
Measurements
Image: 21.8 x 15.5 cm (8 9/16 x 6 1/8 in.); Matted: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.)
Credit Line
John L. Severance Fund 1985.48
Copyright
© Walker Evans Archive, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
Not on view
Print

Description

Evans encountered this store display of household goods as he was photographing in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in November and December 1935 for the Farm Security Administration. The objects floating in space add a surreal component to this image. As ordinary as they are, they may have been unattainable to the passersby thrown out of work by the Depression.

Window Display, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

1935

Walker Evans

(American, 1903–1975)
America

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