Subway Portrait
1938-1941
Artist, American, 1903 - 1975
Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
Gift of Kent and Marcia Minichiello, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
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Dimensions
sheet (trimmed to image): 9.6 x 8.5 cm (3 3/4 x 3 3/8 in.)
mount: 15.9 x 19.1 cm (6 1/4 x 7 1/2 in.) -
Accession
1990.114.8
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.
Bibliography
1966
Evans, Walker. Many Are Called. Boston, 1966: p. 63 (variant: cropped to include more of negative).
1982
Thompson, Jerry L. Walker Evans at Work. New York, 1982: p. 153 (below left).
1991
Greenough 1991, p. 12.
Inscriptions
center verso stamped twice: WALKER EVANS / 1681 YORK AVENUE / NEW YORK, N.Y. 10028; by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: 66.1104; lower center verso in graphite: 23
Wikidata ID
Q64171182