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Through September 5
Exhibitions & Events
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Celebrating American art and artists
Art & Artists
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Artists Reimagining the Collection
Meet the 50 makers selected from more than 1,600 submissions

Subway Portrait

1938-1941

Walker Evans

Associated Names

Walker Evans

Artist, American, 1903 - 1975

The image shows a man from the chest up. He has a somewhat solemn or pensive expression, short hair, and is wearing a flat cap. He is dressed in a double-breasted coat with wide lapels over a collared shirt and a scarf or cravat. The background features an urban setting with a sign above him displaying the words "FERRY" and "BROADWAY." The background shows blurred shapes and circular light reflections.

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Artwork overview

Medium

gelatin silver print
Credit Line

Gift of Kent and Marcia Minichiello
Dimensions

sheet: 10.3 x 12.4 cm (4 1/16 x 4 7/8 in.)
Accession Number

1988.56.28

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Dr. and Mrs. Kent Minichiello

Bibliography

1966

Many Are Called. Boston, 1966: p. 111.

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: INV#28; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: WEv.139.Y

Wikidata ID

Q64171681

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