Langston Hughes, Chicago

December 1941, printed later

Gordon Parks

Associated Names
Gordon Parks

Artist, American, 1912 - 2006

This is a grayscale photograph of a man from the waist up. He is on the right side of the photograph, beside a rectangular wooden frame. On the left, his hand is raised inside the frame, with the palm facing us and the fingers outstretched, as if he is pressing on a pane of glass. He has short, neatly combed dark hair and a mustache, and he wears a checkered shirt. He looks directly at us with a neutral expression. Light comes in from the top right corner of the image, creating dramatic shadows on the man's face and the wooden frame. The background behind him is a plain white wall.
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Artwork overview


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

2024

  • Gordon Parks: Camera Portraits from the Corcoran Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, July 14, 2024–January 12, 2025

Inscriptions

on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right corner in graphite: CGA#036 [exhibiton number for Half Past Autumn]

Wikidata ID

Q64154339

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