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1410WA L K E R E VA N S (1903%u20131975)Torn Movie Poster, 1930Gelatin silver print, printed in 1972, exhibition print32,9 %u00d7 25,2 cmTitled and annotated in pencil by the printer on the reverseLITERATUREJohn Szarkowski, Looking at Photographs, The Museum of Modern Art, New York 1973, p. 117Walker Evans, First and Last, New York, 1978, p. 67PROV E N AN C E The print comes directly from Walker Evans%u2019s studio assistant, accompanied with a written expertiseThis photograph was exhibitedat Les Rencontres d%u2019Arles 2015 in the exhibition %u201cWalker Evans Anonymous%u201d, curated by Jean-Paul Deridder and David Campany.Starting price: %u20ac 2.200*Estimate: %u20ac 3.000%u20134.000With an unflinching eye, Walker Evans documented the visual language of American everyday life in the 1930s. In %u201cSidewalk and Shopfront%u201d (1935), he focused on urban storefronts as reflections of cultural and economic forces. %u201cTorn Movie Poster%u201d (1930) captures consumer imagery at the moment of its decay, an early example of Evans%u2019s enduring interest in the overlooked image-worlds of daily life.The photographs offered here were printed in 1972/73 by Evans%u2019s studio assistant. Both prints were exhibited at the Rencontres d%u2019Arles in 2015 in %u201cWalker Evans Anonymous%u201d, curated by JeanPaul Deridder and David Campany.WALKER