Teen age cowhands at the Bar U restaurant in Black Diamond, where there are soft drinks, a juke box, and a menu listing everything from hot dogs to sirloin steaks
September 1945
Artist, American, 1912 - 2006
Gordon Parks
Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image/sheet: 27 × 20.6 cm (10 5/8 × 8 1/8 in.)
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Accession Number
2015.19.4598
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Gordon Parks, New York; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1998; acquired by NGA, 2015.
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 Standard Oil Co. (N.J.), typed on adhered paper, center: Parks Turner Valley Oil Fields, Sept.'45 / Black Diamond, Alberta, Canada / 29187 Teen age[sic] cowhands at the Bar U Restaurant / in Black Diamond, Alberta, where there / are soft drinks, a juke box, and a menu / listing everything from hot dogs to sir- / loin steaks.; center in stamped in red ink: PLEASE CREDIT / STANDARD OIL CO. (N.J.) / PHOTO BY PARKS; bottom right stamped in red ink: PLEASE RETURN UNUSED PHOTOS TO / STANDARD OIL CO., (N.J.) / PUBLIC RELATIONS DEPT. / 30 ROCKEFELLER PLAZA / NEW YORK, 20, NEW YORK; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right corner in graphite: CGA#044 [exhibition number for Half Past Autumn]
Wikidata ID
Q64154393