Black Classroom, Shady Grove, Alabama
1956, printed later
Artist, American, 1912 - 2006
Gordon Parks
Artwork overview
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Medium
silver dye bleach print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 39.5 × 39.2 cm (15 9/16 × 15 7/16 in.)
sheet: 40.8 × 40.6 cm (16 1/16 × 16 in.) -
Accession Number
2016.117.189
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
Inscriptions
on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, along bottom edge in graphite: ILFOCHROME BLACK CLASSROOM, SHADY GROVE, ALABAMA; bottom right corner in graphite: CGA120 [exhibition number for Half Past Autumn]
Wikidata ID
Q64154491