Two Boys on Railroad Track Outside Mobile, Alabama

1956, printed later

Gordon Parks

Associated Names
Gordon Parks

Artist, American, 1912 - 2006

This is a photograph of railway tracks stretching into the distance. The image captures a scene focusing on a set of train tracks that extend in parallel lines into the horizon, bordered by overgrown grass and bushes on either side. The landscape is framed by telephone poles running along the tracks. In the background, the environment appears lush with greenery. The sky is overcast, diffusing the light and providing a soft, muted tone to the image.
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Artwork overview

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 GORDON PARKS TWO BOYS ON RAILROAD TRACKS OUTSIDE MOBILE, ALABAMA; bottom right corner in graphite: CGA#122 [exhibition number for Half Past Autumn]

Wikidata ID

Q64154504

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