Subway Portrait

1938-1941

Walker Evans

Associated Names
Walker Evans

Artist, American, 1903 - 1975

The image shows a person with a portion of their face and upper body visible. The person is facing to the right with their face slightly turned in profile. Their facial features, including their eye, are visible, displaying a contemplative expression. The individual is wearing a dark hat and coat. The background is blurred and dark.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Kent and Marcia Minichiello

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 6.9 x 5 cm (2 11/16 x 1 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1988.56.9

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.

Bibliography

1966

  • Many Are Called. Boston, 1966: pl. 15 (variant: cropped to include another woman on right).

1991

  • Greenough 1991, pl. 37.

Inscriptions

across center verso: Evans estate stamp with inventory number VI-14 added in graphite; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: INV#9

Wikidata ID

Q64171142

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