Bridgeton, New Jersey. FSA (Farm Security Administration) agricultural workers' camp. Negro revivalist

July 1942

John Collier Jr.

Associated Names
John Collier Jr.

Artist, American, 1913 - 1992

This is a photograph of an indoor gathering around a table. It depicts several individuals seated around a simple wooden table. The interior setting includes support poles and fabric walls. A person is standing at the center behind the table with a raised hand and open mouth. The people around the table appear engaged, some holding books or papers. The image is in black and white, highlighting light and shadow across the scene.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

John Collier Jr.; 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

Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, bottom right perpendicular in purple pencil: 87; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right corner in graphite: CGA#016 [exhibition number for Half Past Autumn]

Wikidata ID

Q64155922