Subway Portrait

1938-1941

Walker Evans

Associated Names
Walker Evans

Artist, American, 1903 - 1975

The image depicts two nuns seated side by side, from the upper body upward. They are both sitting upright with composed expressions. Both nuns wear traditional habit attire, including a white coif under a black veil, a white wimple, and a black tunic. The nun on the right has a crucifix pendant around her neck. The background shows the interior of a vehicle with horizontal bars on the window and patterned seating.
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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Bibliography

1966

  • Many Are Called. Boston, 1966: p. 31 (variant: cropped to include only nun on right).

Inscriptions

center verso: Evans estate stamp with inventory number VI-30 added in graphite; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: #INV#11; by unknown hand, lower right verso in graphite: WEv.140.4

Wikidata ID

Q64171612

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