Eldridge Cleaver
1970
Artist, American, 1912 - 2006
Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 33 × 22.4 cm (13 × 8 13/16 in.)
sheet: 33.7 × 22.4 cm (13 1/4 × 8 13/16 in.) -
Accession
2016.117.256
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Gordon Parks, New York; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1998; acquired by NGA, 2016.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1997
Half Past Autumn: The Art of Gordon Parks, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, September 10, 1997 – January 11, 1998
Inscriptions
on verso, by unknown hand, upper left corner perpendicular in graphite: S/S; by LIFE across top in graphite circled with wax pencil: V84246-C-1-29A[?]; by unknown hand, center in black wax pencil circled: 6; by LIFE, center perpendicular stamped in purple ink; LIFE PHOTO BY / GORDON PARKS / TAKE NO. / 1 / SET NO. / 84246 / STORY & LOCATION / ELDRIDGE CLEAVER; bottom center in wax pencil: C; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right corner in graphite: CGA#185 [exhibition number for Half Past Autumn]
Wikidata ID
Q64154578