Dock Worker, Havana
Artist
Walker Evans
(American, 1903 - 1975)
Date1933 (printed 1971)
Mediumgelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 1/2 × 6 in. (19.1 × 15.2 cm)
Support: 8 1/4 × 6 1/2 in. (21 × 16.5 cm)
Mat: 19 1/2 × 16 1/2 in. (49.5 × 41.9 cm)
Frame: 19 1/2 × 16 1/2 × 3/4 in. (49.5 × 41.9 × 1.9 cm)
Support: 8 1/4 × 6 1/2 in. (21 × 16.5 cm)
Mat: 19 1/2 × 16 1/2 in. (49.5 × 41.9 cm)
Frame: 19 1/2 × 16 1/2 × 3/4 in. (49.5 × 41.9 × 1.9 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineGift of the Ives Family in memory of Norman S. and Constance T. Ives, 2016
Object number2016.21.1
DescriptionClose view of a man with a light-colored bristly beard and a shaggy moustache. He is wearing a button-front shirt and a cap with holes in it. His face and clothing appear to be stained with coal dust. He is holding a shovel and another tool with a long handle up near his head.eMuseum Notes
In
1933, Walker Evans traveled to Cuba to make photographs for a book by the
radical journalist Carleton Beals. He took pictures primarily in Havana,
capturing its landmarks, architecture and shop fronts but many of his images
emphasize a culture of poverty that included breadlines, beggars, and workers
in tattered clothing, such as this coal worker.
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2004 (printed 2014)
Walker Evans
1936 (printed later)
Walker Evans
1936 (printed 1971)
Walker Evans
1936 (printed 1971)