Tenement House, Ansonia, Connecticut

1949

Gordon Parks

Associated Names
Gordon Parks

Artist, American, 1912 - 2006

This is a photograph of a multi-story wooden building with balconies. The image captures a facade of an older structure, featuring wooden siding and double-hung windows. The building has multiple rows of balconies that run the width of the building, with evenly spaced vertical and horizontal railings. The texture of the wood is weathered, showcasing the aged nature of the structure. The scene communicates a quiet moment with a sense of history.
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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 in red pencil: x; top left perpendicular in purple marker circled: #13; top right in graphite: Gordon Parks / [?]; by unknown hand, top right in red marker: MARTIN C-27 [photo used in opera called Martin, about MLK, produced for public TV]; by unknown hand, center in graphite boxed: 75%; center in graphite scribbled out in orange pencil: plate [?]; center in graphite circled scribbled out in orange pencil: 52; center in graphite: [arrow] 2[?]2 [arrow]; by unknown hand, vertical along right side in orange pencil: 12 1/4 [reproduction size]; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right corner in graphite: CGA #068 [exhibition number for Half Past Autumn]

Wikidata ID

Q64154439

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