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ID: 700007080
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700007080
Record Type: Movable Work
[American Legionnaire] (gelatin silver print; Walker Evans (American, 1903 - 1975) (American Photographer)...; November 1935; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 94.XM.27.1)
Note: The subject is a portrait of an American Legionnaire.
Titles:
[American Legionnaire] (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)
[Legionnaire, Bethleham, Pennsylvania] (C,U,English,U,U)
Catalog Level: item
Work Types:
gelatin silver print [300128695] (preferred)
..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, photographs, <photographs by form>, positives (photographs), photographic prints, <photographic prints by process>)
photographic print [300127104]
..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, photographs, <photographs by form>, positives (photographs))

Classifications:
photographs (preferred)

Creation Date: November 1935

Creator Display:
Walker Evans (American, 1903 - 1975) (American Photographer) [preferred,JPGM]
Evans, Walker (American photographer, 1903-1975) [500012076]
Locations:
Current: J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500329598] J. Paul Getty Museum, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)
Repository Numbers: 94.XM.27.1
Display Materials: Gelatin silver print
gelatin silver process [300139114]
.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <photography and photographic processes and techniques>, photographic processes)

Dimensions: Image: 15.1 x 22.4 cm (5 15/16 x 8 13/16 in.) [irregular]Sheet: 20.2 x 25.1 cm (7 15/16 x 9 7/8 in.)
Cultures:
American (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:
American (North American) [300107956] (preferred,style)
.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Americas| The, American regions, North American)

General Subject:
portraits (preferred)

Specific Subjects:
legionnaires [300386096]
.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by occupation>, <people in military occupations>, soldiers, mercenaries) (AAT)
man (male human) [300025928]
.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by gender or sex>) (AAT)
portrait [300015637]
.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>) (AAT)
Great Depression [901000748]
.....((Global historical events, Named Events)) (ICON)
unknown American (American cultural designation) [500125216]
.....(Unknown People by Culture) (ULAN)

Inscriptions: (Recto, mount) inscribed in pencil, at upper right: "L-48"; in pencil, at lower right: "134"; in pencil, at lower right edge: "$500.00"
List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Movable Works
.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media
Sources and Contributors:
[American Legionnaire]........ [JPGM,VP]
........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
[Legionnaire, Bethleham, Pennsylvania]........ [JPGM]
........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]
Note:
English ..... [JPGM]
..... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
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