Company Store, Hecla, West Virginia / Walker Evans

Access to media is restricted to U-M users.

About this Item

Accession Number: 1990/2.42
Title: Company Store, Hecla, West Virginia
Artist: Walker Evans
Artist Nationality: American
Artist Life Dates: 1903-1975
Medium and Support: gelatin silver print on paper
Object Creation Date: 1936
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry H. Lunn, Jr., in Honor of the Centennial of The Michigan Daily
Inscription: Inscribed in plate in reverse, u.r.: RA8__A Inscribed in pencil, verso, l.l:5.#2 Stamped twice and numbered once in pencil, l. center: Walker Evans/1 (in box) 112 (in box)
Dimensions: 20.32 cm x 25.4 cm (8 in. x 10 in.)
Century: 20th century
Primary Keywords: buildings; commerce; pole; road; store
Secondary Keywords: architecture; buildings and the land; business and related functions; commercial buildings; functions; functions (activities); functions by specific context; mercantile buildings; modern and contemporary art; objects; people and culture; portfolios; roads; rural life; single built works; single built works by function; single built works by specific type
Rights: If you are interested in using an image for a publication, please visit https://umma.umich.edu/about/services/request-image/ for more information and to fill out the online Image Rights and Reproductions Request Form.

Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 1463 x 987
File Size: 80 KB
Record: 1990/2.42
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1990-sl-2.42/1990_2.42.jpg

In public portfolios: 0 - The U.S. South (63); Architecture in photography 1900-1948 (38); Building American empire: war, politics, and social reform in the US, 1901-1950 (235); Doc. photo and regionalism in the Depression-era (24); Modern architecture and urbanism (141); photojournalism (194); Race, gender, class and American identity (393); Walker Evans (31)

View the Help Guide for more information.

Full citation: "Company Store, Hecla, West Virginia; Walker Evans." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1990-sl-2.42/1990_2.42.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 23, 2024.