Subway Portrait
1938-1941
Walker Evans
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: 25.5 x 21.6 cm (10 1/16 x 8 1/2 in.)
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Accession Number
1990.114.10
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Dr. and Mrs. Kent Minichiello, Washington, DC; gift to NGA, 1990.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1991
Walker Evans: Subway Photographs and Other Recent Acquisitions, National Gallery of Art, Washington; Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, 1991-1992.
Bibliography
1991
Greenough 1991, pl. 36.
Inscriptions
center verso stamped: WALKER EVANS / 1681 YORK AVENUE / NEW YORK, N.Y. 10028; center verso in ink: 1-13 #8; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: 66.1115; lower center verso in graphi te: 5
Wikidata ID
Q64171894