Teen age cowhands at the Bar U restaurant in Black Diamond, where there are soft drinks, a juke box, and a menu listing everything from hot dogs to sirloin steaks

September 1945

Gordon Parks

Associated Names
Gordon Parks

Artist, American, 1912 - 2006

Three young men stand closely together in front of a stone or brick archway. The man on the left has light-colored hair and wears a cowboy hat, a light-colored zip-up jacket, and smiles widely. The man behind him has short light hair, a dark brimmed hat, a cheerful expression, and a coat with a visible patterned interior. The man on the right has neatly combed dark hair, no hat, a subtle smile, a dark zip-up jacket, a collared shirt, and a sweater. The archway provides a dark backdrop for the image.
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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

Inscriptions

on verso, by Standard Oil Co. (N.J.), typed on adhered paper, center: Parks Turner Valley Oil Fields, Sept.'45 / Black Diamond, Alberta, Canada / 29187 Teen age[sic] cowhands at the Bar U Restaurant / in Black Diamond, Alberta, where there / are soft drinks, a juke box, and a menu / listing everything from hot dogs to sir- / loin steaks.; center in stamped in red ink: PLEASE CREDIT / STANDARD OIL CO. (N.J.) / PHOTO BY PARKS; bottom right stamped in red ink: PLEASE RETURN UNUSED PHOTOS TO / STANDARD OIL CO., (N.J.) / PUBLIC RELATIONS DEPT. / 30 ROCKEFELLER PLAZA / NEW YORK, 20, NEW YORK; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right corner in graphite: CGA#044 [exhibition number for Half Past Autumn]

Wikidata ID

Q64154393

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