Bed and Stove, Truro, Massachusetts (Primary Title)
Walker Evans, American, 1903 – 1975 (Artist)
In Bed and Stove, Truro, Massachusetts, Evans emphasizes the contrasting angles and curves of the Victorian bed, stove, and wallpapers in the private space of one’s home. Truro, Massachusetts, on the northern tip of Cape Cod, was a retreat for many American artists and intellectuals. At the time that Evans visited, among its residents were the photographer Ben Shahn, the author John Dos Passos, and Edward Hopper, who likely painted House at Dusk (53.8) there.
29/100
Signed by the artist in graphite on mount at lower right corner below photograph: "Walker Evans"
Inscribed by the artist in graphite on mount at lower left corner below photograph: "III 29/100 1936-1974"
Adolph D. and Wilkins C. Williams Fund
©artist or artist’s estate
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