New photography by Ed Pollard captured with a digital camera-2006.

Frame Houses in Virginia

Artist Walker Evans (American, 1903-1975)

CultureAmerican

Date1936

MediumGelatin silver print on postcard stock

DimensionsOverall, Image: 3 1/2 × 5 3/8 in. (8.9 × 13.7 cm)
Overall, Mat: 17 × 14 in. (43.2 × 35.6 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase

Object number86.77

On View

Not on view

DescriptionThis is a gelatin silver print on postcard stock.

Label TextWalker Evans American (1903-1975) Frame Houses in Fredericksburg, Virginia, 1936 Gelatin-silver print Purchase, Horace W. Goldsmith and Art Purchase Funds 86.77 Walker Evans was responsible for the emergence in 1930s American photography of a new, more literary, less dramatic conception of documentary description. Drawing upon the work of French photographer Eugène Atget, Evans made head-on, highly detailed images of Americans and the material manifestations of their indigenous cultures. Employed by the Farm Security Administration (FSA) project from 1935 to 1938, this is one of only two photographs made in Virginia by Evans during that time. Evans' photographs have appeared in several important books, including Let Us Now Praise Famous Men (1941) on which he collaborated with the writer James Agee. In 1938, Evans had the first solo photography exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. In conjunction with the exhibition, a book titled American Photographs was published. The exhibition and book are widely recognized as a landmark event in the history of photography. In addition to this image, Evans made a second frontal view of the same row of houses. The Chrysler Museum collection includes several variant prints of both of those photographs. Edited By: DS Edited Date: 05/2006 Approved By: ERL Approval Date: 05/17/2006Exhibition History"A History of Photography: 15 Years of Photography at the Chrysler Museum," The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA; September 11, 1993-March 6, 1994. "Photographs from the Chrysler Museum," The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA, February 26-April 23, 1989. "Reckonings and Reconstructions: Southern Photography from the Do Good Fund," Chrysler Museum of Art, August 11, 2023 - November 5, 2023.