EVANS WALKER (1903 1975) Suite of 17 formalist photographs o

Sale 2103 - Lot 17

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EVANS, WALKER (1903-1975)
Suite of 17 formalist photographs of gladiolas. Silver prints, 8x5 inches (20.3x12.7 cm.), with Evans's caption, in pencil, on verso. Circa 1929

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According to James Mellow, Evans's biographer, in 1929 the photographer spent the summer in Darien, Connecticut where his father, an advertising executive and horticultural enthusiast, was growing gladiolas on the family estate. There Evans made a series of light-infused floral studies, a selection of which are offered in this lot. These are the earliest photographs he shot after returning from Paris.

James Mellow, Walker Evans, 96-97. Also: Belinda Rathbone, Walker Evans: A Biography, 46.

From Walker Evans III (the photographer) to Walker Evans, Jr. (his father); to Mrs. Henry Haines Hower Sr. (Evans's father's second wife); to Henry Haines Hower, Jr. (her son).

"Apfelblute" "The Emir" "Heavenly Blue" "Lavender Bride" "The Orchid" "White Star" "Ruffolace" "Chocolate Queens, Ruffolace + 2 Lav. Bride" "Gloriana" "Gertrude Errey" "Cardinal Prince" "Desdamone" "Giant Nymph" "Marie Kunderd" "Fern Kyle" "Minuet" "Balboa."

with--Pair of albums belonging to Evans's father's common-law-wife containing scores of family photographs. Oblong 4to, leatherette. 1920s-30s.