Washington, D.C. As in Moses' time, members of the St. Martins Spiritual Church remove their shoes during the annual "flower bowl demonstration" because during this service they walk on holy ground

1942, printed later

Gordon Parks

Artist, American, 1912 - 2006

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Artwork overview

Medium

gelatin silver print
Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (The Gordon Parks Collection)
Dimensions

image: 46.7 × 34.1 cm (18 3/8 × 13 7/16 in.)
sheet: 50.5 × 41 cm (19 7/8 × 16 1/8 in.)
Accession

2016.117.107

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 Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right corner in graphite: CGA#013 [exhibition number for Half Past Autumn]

Wikidata ID

Q64154345