The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 25, 2024

Circus Showbill

Circus Showbill

c. 1930
(American, 1903–1975)
America, 20th century
gelatin silver print
Image: 20.5 x 15.8 cm (8 1/16 x 6 1/4 in.); Paper: 20.5 x 15.8 cm (8 1/16 x 6 1/4 in.); Mounted: 21.9 x 17.4 cm (8 5/8 x 6 7/8 in.)
Gift of Diann G. Mann and Thomas A. Mann 2019.30
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

Walker Evans’s father was an advertising executive.

Description

Throughout his career, Walker Evans photographed billboards, signs, and posters—both the large, commercially printed images in urban environments and the folksy, hand-painted signs in more rural areas. Evans’s delight in this subject matter may be partly due to its inclusion in the cityscapes of his friend and photographic mentor Ralph Steiner, whose work is also represented in the museum’s collection.
  • May 6, 1987
    Sotheby's, New York, NY
    May 6, 1987
    Thomas A. and Diann G. Mann, Palm Beach Gardens, FL
    March 4, 2019
    the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Mora, Gilles, and John T. Hill. Walker Evans: The Hungry Eye. New York: H.N. Abrams, 1993. p. 307
    Evans, Walker, Ellen Fleurov, Marian Hill, and Benjamin A. Hill. Walker Evans, Simple Secrets: Photographs from the Collection of Marian and Benjamin A. Hill. Atlanta, GA: High Museum of Art, 1997. p. 45
    Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc. An American Journey: The Diann G. and Thomas A. Mann Collection of Photographic Masterworks. 2018.
  • A New York Minute: Street Photography, 1920-1950. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 11-November 7, 2021).
  • {{cite web|title=Circus Showbill|url=false|author=Walker Evans|year=c. 1930|access-date=25 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2019.30