Mother and Children, San Juan, Puerto Rico

1949

Gordon Parks

Associated Names
Gordon Parks

Artist, American, 1912 - 2006

A woman is sitting in a crowded setting, holding a sleeping child. She has a round face, relaxed eyes, curly hair, and is wearing a loose blouse. The child is wearing a light-colored patterned top and holding a rounded object. Other people, including children and adults, are around her in the blurry background.
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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

Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, top left corner to bottom right corner in graphite: ; top right corner in red marker: MARTIN X-26 [photo used in opera called Martin, about MLK, produced for public TV]; by unknown hand, center top in graphite: 28430 / C[?]-8; center in graphite: PARKS; by unknown hand, center in graphite circled: 14; center in graphite cursive script circled: Puerto Rico (underlined) / [?][?][?][?]; bottom left corner in graphite: 43; bottom right in red pen circled: 62; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right corner in graphite: CGA#065

Wikidata ID

Q64154429

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