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Untitled (Fire Hydrant)
Untitled (Fire Hydrant)
Untitled (Fire Hydrant)

Untitled (Fire Hydrant)

Artist (American, 1903 - 1975)
Date1974
Mediumdye diffusion print
DimensionsImage: 3 1/8 × 3 1/8 in. (7.9 × 7.9 cm)
Support: 4 1/4 × 3 1/2 in. (10.8 × 8.9 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Hubbard, 2017
Object number2017.18.1
DescriptionGrassy foreground with tree or shrub foliage in background. Center of middleground dominated by a red fire hydrant with four white caps visible.
Text Entries
Best known for his influential black-and-white photographs of mid-century American vernacular architecture and signage – as well as the powerful photographs he made in the southern U.S. during his short stint with the Farm Security Administration – Evans began making color pictures with the Polaroid SX-70 camera in 1972 and used it for two years, creating more than 2,400 images. His lifelong love of text, signs, home-made objects, and things that bear evidence of time or heavy use are evident in this piece.
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Untitled  (A sign #1)
Walker Evans
1972-1974
Untitled  (Tombstone and flag)
Walker Evans
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Untitled  (N sign)
Walker Evans
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Untitled (Dead End)
Walker Evans
1974
Untitled  (Wall)
Walker Evans
1974
Untitled (Plak Shak)
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Untitled (Green building)
Walker Evans
May 30, 1974
Untitled  (Barber pole, long)
Walker Evans
January 12, 1973
Untitled  (Stop Sign)
Walker Evans
1974
Untitled  (SA sign)
Walker Evans
1972-1974