Subway Portrait, New York, 1941
Details
WALKER EVANS (1903–1975)
Subway Portrait, New York, 1941
gelatin silver print
numbered 'VI 40' in Harry Lunn archive stamp (verso); credited, titled and dated on affixed Sir Elton John Photography collection label (frame backing board)
image: 5 x 7 5⁄8in. (12.9 x 19.3 cm.)
sheet: 9 x 10 in. (22.8 x 25.4 cm.)
Subway Portrait, New York, 1941
gelatin silver print
numbered 'VI 40' in Harry Lunn archive stamp (verso); credited, titled and dated on affixed Sir Elton John Photography collection label (frame backing board)
image: 5 x 7 5⁄8in. (12.9 x 19.3 cm.)
sheet: 9 x 10 in. (22.8 x 25.4 cm.)
Provenance
Christie's, New York, October 17, 2007, lot 18;
acquired from the above sale by the present owner.
acquired from the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
Walker Evans, Many Are Called, Houghton Mifflin, 1966, pl. 21;
Sarah Greenough, Walker Evans: Subways and Streets, The National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., 1991, pl. 45, p. 92.
Judith Keller, Walker Evans: The Getty Museum Collection, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 1995, cat. nos. 637-638, pp. 200-201.
Sarah Greenough, Walker Evans: Subways and Streets, The National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., 1991, pl. 45, p. 92.
Judith Keller, Walker Evans: The Getty Museum Collection, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 1995, cat. nos. 637-638, pp. 200-201.
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