Pastor Ledbetter, Chicago

1953, printed later

Gordon Parks

Associated Names
Gordon Parks

Artist, American, 1912 - 2006

The image shows a man's upper body. He has his arms raised and palms open, standing with his eyes closed. The man has short hair, and he is wearing a dark suit with a white dress shirt and a tie. He has a watch on his left wrist and a ring on his right hand. The background is plain with faint, illegible text. The setting appears to be indoors, with a softly blurred foreground.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (The Gordon Parks Collection)

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 72.7 × 103.5 cm (28 5/8 × 40 3/4 in.)
    framed: 75.9 × 104.3 × 3.8 cm (29 7/8 × 41 1/16 × 1 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2016.117.180

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

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

2024

  • Gordon Parks: Camera Portraits from the Corcoran Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, July 14, 2024–January 12, 2025

Bibliography

2024

  • Greenough, Sarah. "Exhibitions."Art for the Nation no. 68 (Spring 2024): 36, repro.

Wikidata ID

Q64154479

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