Subway Portrait

1938-1941

Walker Evans

Associated Names
Walker Evans

Artist, American, 1903 - 1975

The image shows a close-up of two women's faces and upper bodies. The woman on the left is in profile, facing left, while the woman on the right is turned slightly toward the left but looks downward. The woman on the left has light-colored hair that is shoulder-length and styled with soft waves; she wears a dark hat with a band of fur around it. The woman on the right has dark, wavy hair gathered at the back and wears a leopard-patterned hat that matches her coat's collar. Both women are dressed in dark coats. The background includes a window with a blurred, out-of-focus view beyond, showing a few faint light sources, possibly bulbs.
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Artwork overview


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dr. and Mrs. Kent Minichiello, Washington, DC; gift to NGA, 1990.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1966

  • Walker Evans' Subway, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1966.

1991

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

1994

  • One Hundred Years of Street Photography, Wright State University Art Galleries, Dayton [Ohio], 1994.

Bibliography

1991

  • Greenough 1991, pl. 25.

  • Art for the Nation: Gifts in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1991: p. 350.

Wikidata ID

Q64169753

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