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Man Loading Grain Boat

1944, printed later

Gordon Parks

Associated Names

Gordon Parks

Artist, American, 1912 - 2006

This is a photograph of a person working with a large pipe in an industrial setting. The scene depicts a figure in a hat using a rope to secure or manipulate the large pipe, from which granular material is pouring out into a container or onto the ground. The image features dramatic lighting that creates strong contrasts between shadows and highlights, emphasizing the texture of the surface dust and the outline of the figure. The background consists of industrial structures that are softly out of focus.

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Artwork overview

Medium

gelatin silver print
Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (The Gordon Parks Collection)
Dimensions

image: 31.1 × 25.6 cm (12 1/4 × 10 1/16 in.)
sheet: 35.2 × 28.3 cm (13 7/8 × 11 1/8 in.)
Accession Number

2016.117.132

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gordon Parks, New York; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1998; acquired by NGA, 2016.

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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#029

Wikidata ID

Q64154381

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