Subway Portrait

1938-1941

Walker Evans

Artist, American, 1903 - 1975

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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. 69.

1991

  • Greenough 1991, pl. 24.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: 2 stops; lower center verso: Evans estate stamp with inventory number VI-68 added in graphite; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: INV#23 / #6; by later hand, lRv//in graphite: WEv.142.Y

Wikidata ID

Q64171656

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