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Washington, DC 20565

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Artists Reimagining the Collection
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Barbra Streisand

c. 1964, printed later

Gordon Parks

Associated Names

Gordon Parks

Artist, American, 1912 - 2006

The image shows a woman reclining on a light pink couch. She is lying on her right side with her head slightly tilted to the left, supported by her right hand. She has long, reddish-brown hair styled in an updo with a feather decoration. She wears a gold gown and holds a pink rose in her left hand. The background features a mural-like artwork with intertwined figures and a male face observing from behind her.

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Artwork overview

Medium

silver dye bleach print
Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (The Gordon Parks Collection)
Dimensions

image: 39.1 × 59.4 cm (15 3/8 × 23 3/8 in.)
sheet: 60.8 × 76.2 cm (23 15/16 × 30 in.)
Accession Number

2016.117.245

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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Exhibition History

1997

Half Past Autumn: The Art of Gordon Parks, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, September 10, 1997 – January 11, 1998

Wikidata ID

Q64154566

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