Subway Portrait

1938-1941

Walker Evans

Artist, American, 1903 - 1975

Walker Evans

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Artwork overview


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dr. and Mrs. Kent Minichiello, Washington, DC; gift to NGA, 1988.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1991

  • Walker Evans: Subway Photographs and Other Recent Acquisitions, National Gallery of Art, Washington; Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, 1991-1992.

2003

  • "Cruel and Tender: The Real in the Twentieth Century Photograph", Tate Modern, London; Museum Ludwig, Cologne, 2003-2004.

Bibliography

1966

  • Many Are Called. Boston, 1966: p. 13 (variant: cropped to include only woman on left).

1991

  • Greenough 1991, pl. 46.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: 3 1/2 sec; on bond paper taped to photographic sheet, center verso: Evans estate stamp with inventory number VI-12 added in graphite; by l ater hand, lLv//in graphite: INV

Wikidata ID

Q64171608


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