Spanish Fashions by Tina Lesser, New York

1950

Gordon Parks

Associated Names
Gordon Parks

Artist, American, 1912 - 2006

This vertical gelatin silver print includes a woman from the waist up in the center of the print facing us, sitting for a photograph. The dark background of the print is blurred. The woman has a light complexion. Her dark hair is pulled back into a slicked bun. Her makeup includes eyeliner wings and a dark clean lip. The woman has thin raised eyebrows and a perked up nose. Her eyes stare slightly past the camera. Her face is mostly at rest, her lips slightly upcurved. She has small ears with intricate dangle earrings. On her neck, she wears two necklaces, one a beaded layered choker and the other a metal dangle necklace with multiple shapes including detailed circles and teardrops. Her hand on our right brushes across the necklaces resting on her chest. She has a dark manicure and wears two chunky charm brackets on her wrist on our right with intricate detail. She wears an open cuffed neck blouse which reflects the light. The sleeves of the blouse are lined. Under the blouse she wears a dark undershirt. The arm to our left is blurred into the 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 in graphite cursive: Fashion; center in graphite circled: 28; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right corner in graphite: CGA#075 [exhibition number for Half Past Autumn]

Wikidata ID

Q64154462

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