The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 22, 2024
Window Display, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
1935
(American, 1903–1975)
Image: 21.8 x 15.5 cm (8 9/16 x 6 1/8 in.); Matted: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 1985.48
© Walker Evans Archive, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Location: not on view
Description
Evans encountered this store display of household goods as he was photographing in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in November and December 1935 for the Farm Security Administration. The objects floating in space add a surreal component to this image. As ordinary as they are, they may have been unattainable to the passersby thrown out of work by the Depression.- Turner, Evan H. "The Year in Review for 1985." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 73, no. 2 (1986): 26-71. p. 66, no. 99, repr. p. 57 25159930Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E Hinson. Catalogue of Photography. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996. Reproduced: P. 151
- From Riches to Rags: American Photography in the Depression. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 13-December 31, 2017).Icons of American Photography: A Century of Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 24-September 16, 2007).Legacy of Light: Master Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 24, 1996-February 2, 1997).The Year in Review for 1985. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 12-April 20, 1986).
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