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Gordon Parks

Associated Names
Gordon Parks

Artist, American, 1912 - 2006

The photograph shows a person holding a torn and wrinkled piece of paper with printed images of faces on it. The sheet is held in a way that aligns the eyes from the photo with holes. There is dim lighting with a textured wooden background. The monochrome palette intensifies the mood and directs focus towards the juxtaposition of the photograph and the printed faces.
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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

2005

  • Gordon Parks, Half Past Autumn: Selections from the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX, June 5 – September 4, 2005

2011

  • Gordon Parks: Photographs from the Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, October 1, 2011 – January 16, 2012

Bibliography

2008

  • Malet, Rosa Maria et al. Modernitat Americana: Obres de la Corcoran Gallery of Art. Exh. cat. Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona, 2008: 108-109, 171.

Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, top right corner in graphite: z; top right in graphite circled: [?]; across center in orange pencil: ----- 7 3/4 -----; center perpendicular stamped in black ink: LIFE PHOTO / BY / GORDON PARKS; center right in graphite underlined: 62170 / 2[?]3 / 33; center right in graphite: [?]; center right in graphite: 58[?]; vertical along left edge in graphite: Flavio; left perpendicular in blue pen: p-341; across bottom in graphite: 6 3/4" mat pos. [?]; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right corner in graphite: CGA #144 [exhibition number for Half Past Autumn]

Wikidata ID

Q64154527

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