Washington (southwest section), D.C. Two Negro boys

November 1942

Gordon Parks

Associated Names
Gordon Parks

Artist, American, 1912 - 2006

The image shows two boys standing in front of a wooden fence. The boy on the left leans on the fence and looks to his right, while the boy on the right stands next to him and faces the camera. Both boys have short hair. The boy on the left wears a buttoned-up coat, and the boy on the right wears a checkered shirt with a collar peeking out from underneath a slightly unzipped jacket or sweater. There is no visible jewelry on either boy. The background includes a cobblestone path, additional fences, and bare tree branches under a partly cloudy sky. Debris is scattered on the ground.
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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 the Library of Congress, bottom left corner typed on label: Reproduced from the / Collections of the / LIBRARY OF CONGRESS; bottom left corner in graphite: LC-USW3 11044-C

Wikidata ID

Q64154354

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