Walker Evans, America / edited by Michael Brix and Birgit Mayer ; with an essay by Michael Brix.

Main entry:

Evans, Walker, 1903-1975, photographer.

Title & Author:

Walker Evans, America / edited by Michael Brix and Birgit Mayer ; with an essay by Michael Brix.

Publication:

New York : Rizzoli, 1991.

Description:

37 pages, 123 pages of plates : illustrations ; 28 cm

Notes:
Catalog of an exhibition held August 15-October 15, 1990, at the Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus München.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 28-31).
Also issued online.
Translated from the original German.

Summary:

Here is a dramatic collection of Evan's photographs taken during the Great Depression of the 1930s. Poignantly enduring images are presented in 142 duotones of want amidst plenty and hope amidst despair brought on by poverty and misfortune.

ISBN:

0847813444
9780847813445

Subject:

Evans, Walker, 1903-1975 Exhibitions.
Evans, Walker, 1903-1975 Expositions.
Evans, Walker, 1903-1975
Depressions 1929 United States Pictorial works Exhibitions.
Crises économiques 1929 États-Unis ouvrages illustrés Expositions.
Crises économiques 1929 États-Unis Ouvrages illustrés Expositions.
21.42 history of photographic art.
Depressions
Manners and customs
Foto's.
United States Pictorial works Exhibitions.
United States Social life and customs 1918-1945 Pictorial works Exhibitions.
United States
Evans, Walker 1903-1975 Exhibitions

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogues.
exhibition catalogs.
illustrated books.
Illustrated works
Exhibition catalogs
Exhibition, pictorial works
Exhibition catalogues (form)
Catalogues d'exposition.
Ouvrages illustrés.

Added entries:

Brix, Michael, editor, writer of added text.
Mayer, Birgit, 1955- editor.
Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus München, host institution.
Rizzoli editore, publisher.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 66055
Call No.: ID:91-B262
Status: Available

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