Washington (southwest section), D.C. Negro woman in her bedroom

November 1942, printed later

Gordon Parks

Associated Names
Gordon Parks

Artist, American, 1912 - 2006

This black-and-white photograph displays a woman seated on a bed, seen reflected in a round mirror. She is looking off to the left. She has dark skin and short, dark hair, and she wears a light-colored, patterned dress. The room includes a nightstand behind the woman with some objects and another mirror, and below the mirror in front of us is a dresser with a clock and a small container. The walls are mostly bare, with a large black-and-white photograph of Franklin D. Roosevelt visible near the upper-right corner.
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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

2024

  • Gordon Parks: Camera Portraits from the Corcoran Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, July 14, 2024–January 12, 2025

Inscriptions

on verso, by Library of Congress, bottom right in graphite underlined: 713475 / W3 11047-C; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right corner in graphite: CGA018 [exhibition number for Half Past Autumn]

Wikidata ID

Q64154351

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