Albia and Isabel, the Favela
1961
Artist, American, 1912 - 2006
Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image/sheet: 28.1 × 26 cm (11 1/16 × 10 1/4 in.)
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Accession
2015.19.4626
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
2005
Gordon Parks, Half Past Autumn: Selections from the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX, June 5 – September 4, 2005
Inscriptions
on verson, by unknown hand, top right corner in black ink cursive: [?] Rio de Janeiro; top right in red marker: MARTIN K-19 [photo used in opera called Martin, about MLK, produced for public TV]; top right in graphite: use in / cities + countries; center perpendicular in graphite circled: CP 12; bottom left corner in blue ink: 56; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom along edge: CGA#146 [exhibition number for Half Past Autumn]
Wikidata ID
Q64154524