Prison

1957, printed later

Gordon Parks

Associated Names
Gordon Parks

Artist, American, 1912 - 2006

This is a photograph of a hand holding a cigarette through the bars of a cell door. The image captures a dimly lit scene where a hand protrudes from the left side at a barred door, delicately holding a cigarette between the fingers. The wall is divided with a lower dark area and an upper lighter area, which serves as a backdrop displaying complex shadows cast by the bars. The shadows stretch diagonally across the wall.
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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, bottom right corner in graphite: CGA#134 [exhibition number for Half Past Autumn]

Wikidata ID

Q64154513

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