Portrait of a Woman, Estoril, Portugal

1950

Gordon Parks

Associated Names
Gordon Parks

Artist, American, 1912 - 2006

The image displays a woman leaning on a railing with her upper body and face in view. She is captured from the side, with her arms placed on the wooden structure. Her facial features include glasses and curly, medium-length hair. She is wearing a dark outfit, a fur stole, and a feathered accessory in her hair. A bracelet is visible on one wrist. In the background, two men in suits, one wearing a hat, are partially out of focus. A glass with a stem is on the ledge in front of the woman, and the background has a textured wooden or slatted surface.
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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, across center in graphite: 33pt; center at angle in graphite circled: 12; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right corner in graphite: CGA#080 [exhibition number for Half Past Autumn]

Wikidata ID

Q64154456

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