Subway Portrait

1938

Walker Evans

Artist, American, 1903 - 1975

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    John Wilmerding Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 20.2 x 25.2 cm (7 15/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
    image: 17.2 x 24.6 cm (6 3/4 x 9 11/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1989.11.8

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dr. and Mrs. Kent Minichiello, Washington, DC; purchased with donated funds 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.

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. 41.

1978

  • Walker Evans: First and Last. New York, 1978: p. 137 (below).

1991

  • Greenough 1991, pl. 45.

Inscriptions

lower right verso: Evans estate stamp with inventory number VI-40 added in graphite

Wikidata ID

Q64171764

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