Death Room, Fort Scott, Kansas

1950

Gordon Parks

Associated Names
Gordon Parks

Artist, American, 1912 - 2006

The image shows two individuals in a room. One is an elderly woman seated beside a bed, partially visible. The other person is lying in bed. The seated woman is to the left of the bed, wearing a dark dress with a scarf tied around her head. She holds a striped umbrella or cane and has age marks on her face. The person in bed is shown from the torso up, their eyes closed, and head resting on a pillow. The room has floral-patterned wallpaper, a wooden dresser, and subdued lighting, creating a quiet atmosphere.
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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, 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

2005

  • Gordon Parks, Half Past Autumn: Selections from the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX, June 5 – September 4, 2005

Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, top left corner in black ink cursive: [?] Kansas; center in black pen: 9 3/4; center in graphite circled: 30; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right corner in graphite: CGA#004 [exhibition number for Half Past Autumn]

Wikidata ID

Q64154412

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