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Washington, DC 20565

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Open late until 8:00 p.m. on select nights
Through September 5
Exhibitions & Events
America’s 250th

Celebrating American art and artists
Art & Artists
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Artists Reimagining the Collection
Meet the 50 makers selected from more than 1,600 submissions

Alberto Giacometti, Paris

1951

Gordon Parks

Associated Names

Gordon Parks

Artist, American, 1912 - 2006

The sculpture depicts an elongated figure in mid-motion, with a leaning posture and raised arm. It is made of a textured, dark material, contrasting with the lighter background. The form is thin and tall, with exaggeratedly extended limbs and torso. The sculpture is detailed with a gestural quality, appearing dynamic and fragile. Nearby, a small platform supports the figure. A human hand is seen in the left foreground, providing scale reference.

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Artwork overview

Medium

gelatin silver print
Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (The Gordon Parks Collection)
Dimensions

image: 34 × 28.3 cm (13 3/8 × 11 1/8 in.)
sheet: 47.6 × 38.9 cm (18 3/4 × 15 5/16 in.)
Accession Number

2016.117.169

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gordon Parks, New York; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1998; acquired by NGA, 2016.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom left corner in graphite: CGA178 [exhibition number for Half Past Autumn]

Wikidata ID

Q64154465

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