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The portraits on these pages were caught by a hidden camera, in the hands of a penitent spy and an apologetic voyeur. - Walker Evans
Walker Evans (1903-1975)
Subway Portrait, New York, c. 1938-1941
Details
Walker Evans (1903-1975)
Subway Portrait, New York, c. 1938-1941
gelatin silver print
numbered 'VI 68v' in an unknown hand in pencil and Lunn Gallery stamp (on the verso)
4 7/8 x 7 5/8in. (12.3 x 19.3 cm.)
Subway Portrait, New York, c. 1938-1941
gelatin silver print
numbered 'VI 68v' in an unknown hand in pencil and Lunn Gallery stamp (on the verso)
4 7/8 x 7 5/8in. (12.3 x 19.3 cm.)
Literature
Evans, Many Are Called, Houghton Mifflin, 1966, pl. 35, variant; 'Walker Evans: Subway Photographs,' in Photography: Current Perspectives, The Massachusetts Review Light Impressions, 1978, pl. 15; Keller, Walker Evans: The Getty Museum Collection, The J. Paul Getty Museum, 1995, cat. no. 662, p. 205