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Subway Portrait by Walker Evans — VisualArtsDB

Subway Portrait

Subway Portrait

1938

Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 4 7/8 x 7 3/4 in. (12.38 x 19.69 cm) (image) 5 1/8 x 8 1/2 in. (13.02 x 21.59 cm) (mount)
Genre: Photographs
Museum: Minneapolis Institute of Art

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