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Untitled (Subway Portrait, New York)

A work made of gelatin silver print.

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  • A work made of gelatin silver print.

Date:

1941

Artist:

Walker Evans
American, 1903–1975

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Walker Evans

Title

Untitled (Subway Portrait, New York)

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1941

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Inscriptions

Signed recto, on window mat, lower right, below image, in graphite: "Walker Evans"; stamped verso, on mount, center, in black ink: "WALKER EVANS / 1681 YORK AVENUE / NEW YORK, N.Y. 10028"; inscribed verso, on mount, lower center, in graphite: "10"; verso, on mount, lower right, in graphite: "66.1108"

Dimensions

Image/paper: 10.1 × 6.4 cm (4 × 2 9/16 in.); Mount: 25.4 × 21.5 cm (10 × 8 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alan E. Koppel

Reference Number

1982.1812

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