Main entry:

Evans, Walker, 1903-1975, photographer.

Title & Author:

Walker Evans and the picture postcard / Jeff L. Rosenheim.

Edition:

First edition.

Publication:

Göttingen : Steidl ; New York : The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2009.
©2009.

Description:

407 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 27 cm

Notes:
Published on the occasion of the exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, February 3 - May 25, 2009.
Includes bibliographical references.
Essay, Folk documents -- Postcard correspondence -- Postcard-format photographs -- Fortune and Architectural forum facsimiles. "Main Street looking north from Courthouse Square" : a portfolio of American picture postcards from the trolley-car period / Walker Evans ; When "downtown" was a beautiful mess / Walker Evans ; "Come on down" / Walker Evans -- "Lyric documentary" lecture transcript -- "28 numbered cards" -- Plates.

Summary:

This book focuses on a collection of 9000 picture postcards amassed by the American photographer Walker Evans (1903-1975) that are now part of the Walker Evans Archive at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

ISBN:

9783865218292 (hbk.)
3865218296 (hbk.)

Subject:

Evans, Walker, 1903-1975 Exhibitions.
Evans, Walker, 1903-1975 Archives Exhibitions.
Postcards Private collections United States Exhibitions.
Documentary photography United States Exhibitions.
Photography, Artistic Exhibitions.
Photographie documentaire États-Unis Expositions.
Photographie artistique Expositions.
Archives
Documentary photography
Photography, Artistic
Postcards Private collections
Fotografie
Ansichtspostkarte
Druckgrafik
Sammlung

Form/genre:

exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs
Catalogues d'exposition.
Ausstellung.
Ausstellung 2009.

Added entries:

Rosenheim, Jeff, author.
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), host institution.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 261078
Call No.: BIB 192057
Status: Available