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Man Coming up Subway Stairs, Roy DeCarava, 1952, printed 1996
Roy DeCarava, portraitRoy DeCaravaAmerican, 1919–2009

Man Coming up Subway Stairs

1952, printed 1996 · Photograph

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Not on view at present

Where is “Man Coming up Subway Stairs” now? Collection: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Not on view at present. Checked September 29, 2026.

Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.

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Source
The museum
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Details

Accession number
1997.407

What it shows

Street scenesPortraitHatManAfrican American

In the catalog

PhotographsGelatin silver printPost-war art20th centuryUnited States

Sources

In the life of Roy DeCarava

The whole life

  1. 1950–1999 · Workplace

    Brooklyn

  2. 1952 · Award

    Guggenheim Fellowship

  3. 1970

    Married: Sherry Turner DeCarava

More by Roy DeCarava

All works
Untitled, Roy DeCarava, c. 1955

Untitled

c. 1955 · The Museum of Modern Art

Mahalia Jackson, Singing, Roy DeCarava, 1957

Mahalia Jackson, Singing

1957 · The Museum of Modern Art

No Work Today, Roy DeCarava, 1946

No Work Today

1946 · Not on view · The Museum of Modern Art

Jake, Age Seven, Roy DeCarava, 1946

Jake, Age Seven

1946 · Not on view · The Museum of Modern Art

Palma, Roy DeCarava, 1947

Palma

1947 · Not on view · The Museum of Modern Art

Close up, Roy DeCarava, 1949–50

Close up

1949–50 · Not on view · The Museum of Modern Art

Graduation, Roy DeCarava, 1949

Graduation

1949 · Not on view · The Museum of Modern Art

Self-Portrait, Roy DeCarava, 1950

Self-Portrait

1950 · Not on view · The Museum of Modern Art

On view at Art Institute of Chicago

Museum page
The Bedroom, Vincent van Gogh, 1889

Vincent van Gogh

The Bedroom, 1889

A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884, Georges Seurat, 1884–86, border added 1888–89

Georges Seurat

A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, 1884–86, border added 1888–89

Paris Street; Rainy Day, Gustave Caillebotte, 1877

Gustave Caillebotte

Paris Street; Rainy Day, 1877

Two Sisters (On the Terrace), Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1881

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Two Sisters (On the Terrace), 1881

The Basket of Apples, Paul Cézanne, c. 1893

Paul Cézanne

The Basket of Apples, c. 1893

Stacks of Wheat (End of Summer), Claude Monet, 1890–91

Claude Monet

Stacks of Wheat (End of Summer), 1890–91

American Gothic, Grant Wood, 1930

Grant Wood

American Gothic, 1930

Nighthawks, Edward Hopper, 1942

Edward Hopper

Nighthawks, 1942

On the same theme · Street scenes

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Unidentified Man, Andy Warhol, n.d.

Andy Warhol

Unidentified Man, n.d.

Not on view · National Gallery of Art

Joe Richey walking down main street of Bluefields, Nicaragua's East coast port, January 29, 1987, we were hosted by Sandinista poet Carlos Rigby, Allen Ginsberg, 1987

Allen Ginsberg

Joe Richey walking down main street of Bluefields, Nicaragua's East coast port, January 29, 1987, we were hosted by Sandinista poet Carlos Rigby, 1987

Not on view · National Gallery of Art

Untitled (three women and a child with mannequins), Mark Rothko, 1936/1937

Mark Rothko

Untitled (three women and a child with mannequins), 1936/1937

National Gallery of Art

Street Scene, Mark Rothko, c. 1937

Mark Rothko

Street Scene, c. 1937

Not on view · National Gallery of Art

Figure Composition, Mark Rothko, 1936/1937

Mark Rothko

Figure Composition, 1936/1937

Not on view · National Gallery of Art

Untitled (street scene with walking man), Mark Rothko, c. 1934

Mark Rothko

Untitled (street scene with walking man), c. 1934

Not on view · National Gallery of Art

Untitled (two women before a cityscape), Mark Rothko, 1936/1937

Mark Rothko

Untitled (two women before a cityscape), 1936/1937

Not on view · National Gallery of Art

Untitled (four figures in a plaza), Mark Rothko, c. 1937

Mark Rothko

Untitled (four figures in a plaza), c. 1937

Not on view · National Gallery of Art