Subway Portrait

1938-1941

Walker Evans

Artist, American, 1903 - 1975

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    John Wilmerding Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 15.2 x 21.2 cm (6 x 8 3/8 in.)
    image: 14 x 19.7 cm (5 1/2 x 7 3/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1989.11.5

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dr. and Mrs. Kent Minichiello, Washington, D.C.; purchased with funds donated from John Wilmerding by NGA, 1989.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1991

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

2000

  • "World Without End: Photography and the 20th Century", Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2000-2001, unnumbered catalogue reproduction.

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. 97.

1991

  • Greenough 1991, pl. 44.

Inscriptions

center verso: Evans estate stamp with inventory number VI-96 added in graphite

Wikidata ID

Q64171758

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