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Subway Portrait by Walker Evans — VisualArtsDB

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Subway Portrait

Subway Portrait

Subway Portrait

1938

Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 5 1/16 x 5 13/16 in. (12.86 x 14.76 cm) (image) 13 1/2 x 10 in. (34.29 x 25.4 cm) (mount)
Genre: Photographs
Museum: Minneapolis Institute of Art

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