Lot 119
  • 119

Walker Evans

Estimate
500 - 1,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Walker Evans
  • 'WALKER EVANS: FIRST AND LAST'
  • Gelatin silver print; book
(New York: Harper & Row, 1978), the deluxe first edition. Large square quarto, gilt-lettered grey cloth in dust jacket; with matching grey cloth slipcase; accompanied by Truckdrivers, New York City, the Evans Estate blindstamp and edition '15/75' in ink in the margin, circa 1938, printed in 1978 (2)

Provenance

Lunn Gallery/Graphics International Ltd., Washington, D. C., 1978

Condition

The book, dust jacket, slipcase, and photograph are in generally excellent condition. This is the deluxe first edition of 'Walker Evans: First and Last,' issued with a limited edition Evans Estate print.
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