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1482

Walker Evans

St. Louis, Missouri 1903 – 1975 New Haven, Connecticut

Bethlehem Graveyard and Steel Mill, Pennsylvania. 1935

Gelatin silver print of the Library of Congress, 1970s. 26,5 × 33 cm (28 × 35 cm) (10 ⅜ × 13 in. (11 × 13 ¾ in.)).
This picture shows the following artwork: Walker Evans. Bethlehem Graveyard and Steel Mill, Pennsylvania. 1935.

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This picture shows the following artwork: Walker Evans. Bethlehem Graveyard and Steel Mill, Pennsylvania. 1935.
This picture shows the following artwork: Walker Evans. Bethlehem Graveyard and Steel Mill, Pennsylvania. 1935.

Background:

This picture shows the following artwork: Walker Evans. Bethlehem Graveyard and Steel Mill, Pennsylvania. 1935.
This picture shows the following artwork: Walker Evans. Bethlehem Graveyard and Steel Mill, Pennsylvania. 1935.

Background:

This picture shows the following artwork: Walker Evans. Bethlehem Graveyard and Steel Mill, Pennsylvania. 1935.
This picture shows the following artwork: Walker Evans. Bethlehem Graveyard and Steel Mill, Pennsylvania. 1935.

Background:

This picture shows the following artwork: Walker Evans. Bethlehem Graveyard and Steel Mill, Pennsylvania. 1935.
This picture shows the following artwork: Walker Evans. Bethlehem Graveyard and Steel Mill, Pennsylvania. 1935.

Background:

This picture shows the following artwork: Walker Evans. Bethlehem Graveyard and Steel Mill, Pennsylvania. 1935.

Estimate:

EUR 1,500

 

- 2,000

Sold for:

1,651 EUR (incl. premium)

Auction 760

Sunday, 29.03.2026, 6:00 PM

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Information

Gelatin silver print of the Library of Congress, 1970s. 26,5 × 33 cm (28 × 35 cm) (10 ⅜ × 13 in. (11 × 13 ¾ in.)). Library of Congress stamp on the reverse as well as a collection stamp, therein name of the photographer, date (exposure and print): "1936/1970's" and year of acquisition by an unknown hand in pencil. Inscribed and numbered in pencil by a further hand. [2019]

Condition Report: In good to very good condition. Satin finish heavy paper. Left corners in the white sheet margin each with short unobtrusive crease marks, upper left approx. 0.5 cm in the image. Side edges minimally undulated, Bottom edge with 2-3 faint handling traces. On the reverse, upper edge and upper side edges, each with transparent adhesive strip

The Walker Evans Estate (Ed.): Walker Evans at work. 745 photographs together with documents. New York 1982, S. 122 (there dated: 1936) / Exh.cat.: Walker Evans. Amerika. München, Städtische Galerie am Lenbachhaus, 1990, pl. 39 / Judith Keller: Walker Evans. The Getty Museum Collection. London 1995, p. 143, ill. 441 (there titled: [Graveyard, Houses and Steel Mill, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania]) / Exh.cat.: Walker Evans & Company. New York, The Museum of Modern Art; Los Angeles, J. Paul Getty Museum, 2000/01, p. 92 / Exh.cat.: Walker Evans. New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art; San Francisco, Museum of Modern Art; Houston, Museum of Fine Art, 2000/01, pl. 53 (there titled: [Cemetery, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania]) / Exh.cat.: Walker Evans. Tiefenschärfe. Bottrop, Josef Albers Museum Quadrat; Atlanta, High Museum of Art; Vancouver, Art Gallery, 2016/17, p. 197

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