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Emerging Man, Harlem, New York

1952

Gordon Parks

Associated Names

Gordon Parks

Artist, American, 1912 - 2006

The image depicts a man's face and hands looking through an opening. The man's face and hands are visible, with his hands resting on the surface around the opening. The man's face has strong features and short, textured hair. He is looking directly at the camera with an intense gaze. The background is dark, with blurred lights suggesting an urban street setting at nighttime.

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Artwork overview

Medium

gelatin silver print
Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (The Gordon Parks Collection)
Dimensions

image: 33.3 × 47 cm (13 1/8 × 18 1/2 in.)
sheet: 41 × 50.5 cm (16 1/8 × 19 7/8 in.)
Accession Number

2016.117.177

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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Inscriptions

on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right corner in graphite: CGA#110 [exhibition number for Half Past Autumn]

Wikidata ID

Q64154473

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