Minnie Evans

Minnie Evans was an American illustrator, gatekeeper, draftsperson, artist and painter (1892–1987). She was born at Pender County and died at Wilmington.

Also recorded as Minnie Eva Jones Evans; Minnie Eva Evans.

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Identity and origins

She also worked under the names Jones, Minnie Eva, Evans, Minnie Eva Jones and Evans, Mrs. Julius. The authorities additionally record the headings Minnie Eva Jones Evans and Minnie Eva Evans.

Recognition and collections

Work by Minnie Evans is held by Art Institute of Chicago, George and Joyce Wein Collection, Museum of Modern Art and Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Identity

What the record establishes about Minnie Evans.

Minnie Evans is recorded with the occupation illustrator. Design Made at Airlie Gardens is dated 1967 and held by Smithsonian American Art Museum (inventory 1972.44). Untitled is dated 1967 and held by Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (inventory 2011.1.143). Airlie Oak is dated 1954 and held by Smithsonian American Art Museum (inventory 2017.35.2). Minnie Evans is recorded as illustrator, gatekeeper, draftsperson, artist and painter. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts records 1 object associated with this heading.

Smithsonian American Art Museum records 2 objects associated with this heading. Minnie Evans is recorded with the citizenship of United States. Open Library catalogues 3 works under this name. Minnie Evans is dated 1969.

Works and catalogued output

What Minnie Evans produced.

Annorum quinque sequentium ephemerides. A Davide Origano Mathematico præstantissimo, primùm ca[l]culatæ, & accomodatæ, ad Latitud. 52. Gr. 20. min. Et nunc in hac portatili forma accuratiores, & emendatiores in lucem æditae. Diligentia & curâ Ioannis Evans, Philom. is dated 1633 and held by Wellcome Collection. Drawing #402 is dated 1967 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1982.119). The Art Institute of Chicago catalogues 6 works under this heading. Wikidata Query Service catalogues 3 works under this heading. Wellcome Collection catalogues 8 works under this heading. Open Library catalogues 3 works under this heading.

Context

The circumstances in which Minnie Evans stands.

An ephemerides for five yeares to come. Calculated by the most learned and excellent mathematician, M. David Origanus; for the latitude of 52. degr. 20. min. Revised, corrected, and reduced to this forme, by Iohn Evans, Master of Arts. is dated 1633 and held by Wellcome Collection. MDCXLVIII, an almanac for the year of our Lord 1648 : calculated for the longitude of 315 degr. and elevation of the Pole Artick 42 degr. & 30 min. & may generally serve for the most part of New-England / by Samuel Danforth. is dated 1648 and held by Wellcome Collection. Science in the modern world polity : institutionalization and globalization / Gili S. Drori [and others]. is dated 2003 and held by Wellcome Collection. Negro Barber Shop Interior, Atlanta is dated 1936, printed c. 1962 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1962.153). Alabama Cotton Tenant Farmer's Wife is dated 1936, printed c. 1962 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1962.158). Penny Picture Display, Savannah is dated 1936, printed c. 1962 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1962.148).

Burroughs Wellcome & Co, Private Letter Book 15 is dated September - December 1903 and held by Wellcome Collection. Spilsbury, Sir Bernard (1877-1947), Forensic Pathologist is dated c.1880s-c.1950s and held by Wellcome Collection. An astronomical diary, or, Almanack / by Nathaniel Ames. is dated 1726-1775 and held by Wellcome Collection. The Irish Question is dated 1880s and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 2004.3). Drawing #114 is dated 1962 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1982.120).

Holdings and surviving copies

Relief: A play in one act (1938) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. The Art Institute of Chicago records 6 objects associated with this heading. Wellcome Collection records 10 objects associated with this heading.

Authority records

The identifiers under which Minnie Evans may be traced in institutional catalogues.

Minnie Evans is established in the international name authorities as Wikidata Q15462261.

Catalogued works

14 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library, The Art Institute of Chicago and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1880 to 2003.

Design Made at Airlie Gardens, dated 1967, held by Smithsonian American Art Museum, inventory 1972.44. Untitled, dated 1967, held by Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, inventory 2011.1.143. Airlie Oak, dated 1954, held by Smithsonian American Art Museum, inventory 2017.35.2. Contagious. I Am Not My Mother's Keeper. Minnie Evans, dated 1969. Drawing #402, dated 1967, acrylic, with gold metallic paint, touches of oil paint, black fiber-tipped pen and red colored pencil, over graphite, varnished with gel-medium, on off-white wove card, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1982.119. Drawing #114, dated 1962, oil pastel and colored pencils, with pen and black ink and touches of acrylic paint, over graphite, selectively varnished with gel-medium, on ivory wove paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1982.120. Alabama Cotton Tenant Farmer's Wife, dated 1936, printed c. 1962, gelatin silver print, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1962.158. Penny Picture Display, Savannah, dated 1936, printed c. 1962, gelatin silver print, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1962.148. Negro Barber Shop Interior, Atlanta, dated 1936, printed c. 1962, gelatin silver print, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1962.153. The Irish Question, dated 1880s, oil on canvas, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2004.3. Science in the modern world polity : institutionalization and globalization / Gili S. Drori [and others]., dated 2003, held by Wellcome Collection. Burroughs Wellcome & Co, Private Letter Book 15, dated September - December 1903, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 4 named public collections.

Smithsonian American Art Museum: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Art Institute of Chicago: 6 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 10 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

4 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Evans, Minnie, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Evans [née Jones], Minnie, Oxford Art Online, 2010. Evans, Minnie Jones, African American Studies Center, 2013. Evans, Minnie Jones, African American Studies Center, 2005.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 4 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 13 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Residence is recorded at Wilmington and Wrightsville Beach. Employment is recorded with Airlie Gardens.

Work by Minnie Evans is recorded in the collections of Art Institute of Chicago, George and Joyce Wein Collection, Museum of Modern Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art and National Museum of African American History and Culture.

Chronology

  1. 1633Annorum quinque sequentium ephemerides. A Davide Origano Mathematico præstantissimo, primùm ca[l]culatæ, & accomodatæ, ad Latitud. 52. Gr. 20. min. Et nunc in hac portatili forma accuratiores, & emendatiores in lucem æditae. Diligentia & curâ Ioannis Evans, Philom. is dated 1633 and held by Wellcome Collection.
  2. 1633An ephemerides for five yeares to come. Calculated by the most learned and excellent mathematician, M. David Origanus; for the latitude of 52. degr. 20. min. Revised, corrected, and reduced to this forme, by Iohn Evans, Master of Arts. is dated 1633 and held by Wellcome Collection.
  3. 1648MDCXLVIII, an almanac for the year of our Lord 1648 : calculated for the longitude of 315 degr. and elevation of the Pole Artick 42 degr. & 30 min. & may generally serve for the most part of New-England / by Samuel Danforth. is dated 1648 and held by Wellcome Collection.
  4. 1726An astronomical diary, or, Almanack / by Nathaniel Ames. is dated 1726-1775 and held by Wellcome Collection.
  5. 1877Spilsbury, Sir Bernard (1877-1947), Forensic Pathologist is dated c.1880s-c.1950s and held by Wellcome Collection.
  6. 1892Minnie Evans born at Pender County.
  7. 1903Burroughs Wellcome & Co, Private Letter Book 15 is dated September - December 1903 and held by Wellcome Collection.
  8. 1936Negro Barber Shop Interior, Atlanta is dated 1936, printed c. 1962 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1962.153).
  9. 1936Alabama Cotton Tenant Farmer's Wife is dated 1936, printed c. 1962 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1962.158).
  10. 1936Penny Picture Display, Savannah is dated 1936, printed c. 1962 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1962.148).
  11. 1938Relief: A play in one act (1938) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
  12. 1954Airlie Oak is dated 1954 and held by Smithsonian American Art Museum (inventory 2017.35.2).
  13. 1954Airlie Oak (Smithsonian American Art Museum).
  14. 1962Drawing #114 is dated 1962 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1982.120).
  15. 1967Design Made at Airlie Gardens is dated 1967 and held by Smithsonian American Art Museum (inventory 1972.44).
  16. 1967Untitled is dated 1967 and held by Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (inventory 2011.1.143).
  17. 1967Drawing #402 is dated 1967 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1982.119).
  18. 1967Design Made at Airlie Gardens (Smithsonian American Art Museum).
  19. 1967Untitled (Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts).
  20. 1969Minnie Evans is dated 1969.
  21. 1969Minnie Evans.
  22. 1987Minnie Evans died at Wilmington.
  23. 1987Minnie Evans died in 1987 at Wilmington.
  24. 2003Science in the modern world polity : institutionalization and globalization / Gili S. Drori [and others]. is dated 2003 and held by Wellcome Collection.
  25. 2004The Irish Question is dated 1880s and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 2004.3).

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Evans [née Jones], Minnie, Oxford Art Online, 2010

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Evans, Minnie Jones, African American Studies Center, 2005

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    Evans, Minnie Jones, African American Studies Center, 2013

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    Evans, Minnie, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  5. 5.

    Open Library author record for Minnie Evans (Internet Archive), 3 catalogued works.

    Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive

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  6. 6.

    “Minnie Evans”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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  7. 7.

    Internet Archive, 1 digitised item catalogued under Minnie Evans as creator.

    digital repository · Unverified

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  8. 8.

    The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with Minnie Evans.

    museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago

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  9. 9.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 10 works naming Minnie Evans.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  10. 10.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q15462261: Minnie Evans

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

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