Walker Evans : the hungry eye / Gilles Mora and John T. Hill ; [translated from the French by Jacqueline Taylor].
1993
TR654 .M63484 1993
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Title
Walker Evans : the hungry eye / Gilles Mora and John T. Hill ; [translated from the French by Jacqueline Taylor].
Author
Mora, Gilles, 1945-
ISBN
0810932598
9780810932593
081099187X
9780810991873
9780810932593
081099187X
9780810991873
Publication Details
New York : H.N. Abrams, 1993.
Language
English
Description
366, [2] pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm
Call Number
TR654 .M63484 1993
Dewey Decimal Classification
779/.092
Summary
Beginning with early abstractions and a project on the Brooklyn Bridge, this book covers the artist's work in New England, Tahiti, Cuba, Florida, and New Orleans, and his involvement with the Farm Security Administration which led to the book Let Us Now Praise Famous Men.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 362-368).
Added Author
Hill, John T.
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Table of Contents
1927-32: Early abstractions.
Brooklyn Bridge.
New York streets.
Victorian architecture.
1932-35: Tahiti.
Havana.
African sculpture.
The deep south.
Antebellum architecture.
1935-38: Farm Security Administration.
American photographs.
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men.
1938-45: The subway.
Florida: the Mangrove coast.
Bridgeport: the war factories.
1945-65: Labor anonymous.
Chicago: a camera exploration.
California beaches.
Views from the train.
Beauty of the common tool.
Aboard the Liberté.
1927-75: Signs and graffiti.
Postcards.
Trash.
Color
Brooklyn Bridge.
New York streets.
Victorian architecture.
1932-35: Tahiti.
Havana.
African sculpture.
The deep south.
Antebellum architecture.
1935-38: Farm Security Administration.
American photographs.
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men.
1938-45: The subway.
Florida: the Mangrove coast.
Bridgeport: the war factories.
1945-65: Labor anonymous.
Chicago: a camera exploration.
California beaches.
Views from the train.
Beauty of the common tool.
Aboard the Liberté.
1927-75: Signs and graffiti.
Postcards.
Trash.
Color