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Walker Evans

Walker Evans

Artist

WA-00027015

PhotographySocial RealismSurrealismPhotography

Representation

None documented

49

Institutional Exhibitions

575

Works in Collection

945

Assets Indexed

2

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

90%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

Influence Graph

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Authority Records (3)

WikidataQ363308 ULAN500012076

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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No image

Walker Evans: American Photographs

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1989

No image

Variants

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1985–1986

No image

Self Portrait: The Photographer's Persona, 1840�1985

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1985–1986

No image

From the Gilman Collection: Photographs Preserved in Ink

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1984–1985

No image

Still Life

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1981–1982

No image

Reinstallation of the Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1980

No image

Edward Steichen Photography Center Reinstallation

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1979

No image

Art of the Twenties

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1979–1980

No image

Views over America

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1979

No image

New Standpoints: Photography, 1940�1955

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1978

No image

Rooms

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1976–1977

No image

Photography for Collectors

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1976

Field Verification (2 fields)

0 cross-verified · 2 single-source

BiographyGallery Generic· 72%
LocationGallery Generic· 72%

Source Registry (3)

Christies-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/walker-evans
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/walker-evans
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/1777
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

No biography available for Walker Evans yet.

Graph relationships

Taste overlap and adjacency

Movement

Social Realism

Medium

Photography

Related Artists

12 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

Art Institute of Chicago The Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Modern ArtNew York Whitney Museum of American Art

Canonical record

Artworks (575)

Going Out of Business IV

Going Out of Business IV

1974 · Internal dye diffusion transfer print

Image: 7.9 × 7.8 cm (3 1/8 × 3 1/8 in.); Paper: 10.8 × 8.9 cm (4 5/16 × 3 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1974 · Color instant print (Polaroid)

3 1/8 × 3 1/8" (8 × 8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

[Abandoned House]

1973 · Instant internal dye diffusion transfer print (Polaroid SX-70)

Image: 3 1/8 × 3 1/8 in. (7.9 × 7.9 cm) Sheet: 4 1/4 × 3 7/16 in. (10.8 × 8.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

West Street, Dead End (Sign Detail)

West Street, Dead End (Sign Detail)

1973 · Instant color print

Imae: 7.9 × 7.8 cm (3 1/8 × 3 1/8 in.); Paper: 10.8 × 8.8 cm (4 5/16 × 3 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled, London

Untitled, London

1973 · Chromogenic print

Image: 19.3 × 19.4 cm (7 5/8 × 7 11/16 in.); Paper: 20.2 × 20.3 cm (8 × 8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Guthrie, Kentucky, New Year's Day

Guthrie, Kentucky, New Year's Day

1970 · Gelatin silver print, printed c. 1970 by James Dow

7 13/16 × 7 7/16" (19.8 × 18.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Jack Heliker's Bedroom Wall, Cranberry Island, Maine

Jack Heliker's Bedroom Wall, Cranberry Island, Maine

1969 · Gelatin silver print

7 9/16 × 7 7/16" (19.3 × 18.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Trash Can, New York

Trash Can, New York

1968 · Gelatin silver print, printed by Charlie Rodemeyer

8 × 10" (20.3 × 25.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

1968 · Gelatin silver print, printed by Charlie Rodemeyer

8 × 10" (20.3 × 25.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled, for Container Corporation

Untitled, for Container Corporation

1965 · Gelatin silver print

Paper: 28 × 35.6 cm (11 × 14 in.); Mount: 40.7 × 50.8 cm (16 × 20 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled, for Container Corporation

Untitled, for Container Corporation

1965 · Gelatin silver print

Paper: 28 × 35.6 cm (11 × 14 in.); Mount: 40.7 × 50.8 cm (16 × 20 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled, for Container Corporation

Untitled, for Container Corporation

1965 · Gelatin silver print

Paper: 28 × 35.6 cm (11 × 14 in.); Mount: 40.7 × 50.8 cm (16 × 20 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled, for Container Corporation

Untitled, for Container Corporation

1965 · Gelatin silver print

Paper: 28 × 35.6 cm (11 × 14 in.); Mount: 40.7 × 50.8 cm (16 × 20 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled, for Container Corporation

Untitled, for Container Corporation

1965 · Gelatin silver print

Paper: 28 × 35.6 cm (11 × 14 in.); Mount: 40.7 × 50.8 cm (16 × 20 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled, for Container Corporation

Untitled, for Container Corporation

1965 · Gelatin silver print

Paper: 28 × 35.6 cm (11 × 14 in.); Mount: 40.7 × 50.8 cm (16 × 20 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Boston, Massachusetts

Boston, Massachusetts

1964 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 26.7 × 26.7 cm (10 9/16 × 10 9/16 in.); Paper: 35.5 × 27.9 cm (14 × 11 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Trash Can, New York

Trash Can, New York

1963 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 12.3 × 18.4 cm (4 7/8 × 7 1/4 in.); Paper: 20.2 × 25.3 cm (8 × 10 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled (Bedroom Dresser, Newcastle, Maine)

Untitled (Bedroom Dresser, Newcastle, Maine)

1962 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 18.9 × 19.3 cm (7 1/2 × 7 5/8 in.); Paper: 25.3 × 20.4 cm (10 × 8 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1962 · Gelatin silver print

10 3/16 × 10 3/16" (25.9 × 25.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Harbor Point, Michigan

Harbor Point, Michigan

1960 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 24.2 × 23.9 cm (9 9/16 × 9 7/16 in.); Paper: 35.3 × 28.1 cm (13 15/16 × 11 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Harbor Point, Michigan

Harbor Point, Michigan

1960 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 24.2 × 23.9 cm (9 9/16 × 9 7/16 in.); Paper: 35.3 × 28 cm (13 15/16 × 11 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Harbor Point, Michigan

Harbor Point, Michigan

1960 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 31.6 × 21.9 cm (12 1/2 × 8 5/8 in.); Paper: 35.4 × 28.1 cm (13 15/16 × 11 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1960 · Chromogenic print

7 5/8 × 7 5/8" (19.3 × 19.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Proof Sheet

1959 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 24.2 × 19.2 cm (9 9/16 × 7 9/16 in.); Paper: 25.3 × 20.3 cm (10 × 8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artwork sources (5)

575 published of 942 catalogued · 911 with image

MoMA
367 publishedof 734 catalogued718 img
Art Institute Chicago
193 published193 img
The Met
6 published
Cleveland Museum of Art
5 published
Whitney
4 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 4)

4 entries · 1 sources

New York City
1928 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Roadside Stand, Vicinity Birmingham, Alabama
1936 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Allie Mae Burroughs, Wife of a Cotton Sharecropper, Hale County, Alabama
1936 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Circus Showbill
1925 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

Alabama Cotton Tenant Farmer's Wife (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Alabama Cotton Tenant Farmer's Wife (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

10

Movements3

Social Realism Surrealism Photography

Collections7

Whitney Museum of American Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago Christie's Artsy

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Whitney Museum of American Art

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

Market

Auction sale history

Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction

Market

Auction History

Work	Auction House	Date	Estimate	Hammer Price
Untitled	Artsy	Apr 2026	€2,500 – €3,500	Unsold