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New Orleans Architecture. Cast Iron Grillwork House near Lee Circle on Saint Charles Avenue. Louisiana.

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New Orleans Architecture. Cast Iron Grillwork House near Lee Circle on Saint Charles Avenue. Louisiana.

1936
20th century
245 x 190 mm (9.6 x 7.5 in.)

Walker Evans, American, (1903–1975)

Object Type: photograph

Medium and Support: Gelatin silver print on photographic paper

Edition: Apparently printed from Library of Congress negative LC-USF342-061288-A

Marks: Inscribed in pencil, verso: “Cities: New O”; inscribed in pencil on verso, bottom edge: “CAST-IRON GRILLWORK ON FRONT OF / NEW ORLEANS HOUSE”; inscribed in pencil on label adhered to verso, lower right: “Photo by Walker Evans - Library of Congress FSA” with stamped: “53599”; stamped in black ink on verso, center left: “CULVER PICTURES, INC. / 150 WEST 22ND STREET / SUITE 300 / NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10011 / (212) 645-1672”; adhered to verso, center: dealer’s barcode label; adhered to verso, lower center: dealer’s lending label.

Credit Line: Gift of Richard E. Kremer, M.D., 2010

Accession Number: 2010.9.3

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architecture*, decorative arts*, ironwork*, Louisiana*, Southern United States*

architecture - Art or science of designing and building structures, especially habitable structures, in accordance with principles determined by aesthetic and practical or material considerations. Refers also to the structures created. [November 1994 related term added. October 1990 alternate term added.]
decorative arts - Traditional Western designation for those arts involving the creation of works that serve utilitarian as well as aesthetic purposes, or involving the decoration and embellishment of utilitarian objects.
ironwork - Use for decorative forms fashioned in wrought or cast iron. [January 1993 scope note changed. October 1992 descriptor moved.]
Louisiana - TGN 7007256
Southern United States - TGN 4011499 (general region): In its broadest sense, it refers to states south of the Mason-Dixon Line and Ohio River, which was the boundary between opposing states in the Civil War. In this sense, it includes Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, and Texas. In more common modern usage, it excludes Maryland, Kentucky, Oklahoma, and Texas.

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image Dimensions: 245 x 190 mm (9.6 x 7.5 in.)

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Walker Evans, American, (1903–1975) . New Orleans Architecture. Cast Iron Grillwork House near Lee Circle on Saint Charles Avenue. Louisiana., 1936. Gelatin silver print on photographic paper. image : 245 x 190 mm (9.6 x 7.5 in.). Sheet : 251 x 198 mm (9.9 x 7.8 in.). DAC accession number 2010.9.3. Gift of Richard E. Kremer, M.D., 2010.

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