Ellen's Feet
1967
Gordon Parks
Artist, American, 1912 - 2006
Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image/sheet: 22.9 × 34.9 cm (9 × 13 3/4 in.)
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Accession Number
2015.19.4633
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, 2005
Inscriptions
on verso, by LIFE, top left inverted stamp in red ink with double border: No / Further Reproductions Permitted / For Info. See / Anne Drayton; by unknown hand, top center in graphite: 5/5 neg; by LIFE, center inverted stamp in purple ink: LIFE PHOTO BY / Gordon Parks / TAKE NO. 4th / DATE 12-12-67 / SET NO. V80042 / STORY & LOCATION Poverty / 35mm 5; center on angle in graphite underlined: V80042 / 4c3 / 19; center inverted stamp in red ink: LIFE PICTURE COLLECTION; by unknown hand, bottom left in black marker: of ANATOMY- FEET / (Negroes feet dirty from / walking barefoot on / filthy floors); by LIFE, bottom center perpendicular in red stamp boxed in red pencil: USED IN LIFE MAR 8 1968 / [in graphite] p.57 [in blue pencil checkmark]; by unknown hand, bottom center in graphite circled: 18; bottom right stamp in black ink: 4732; bottom right inverted stamp in black ink: 2941; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right corner in graphite: CGA#173 [exhibition number for Half Past Autumn]; by unknown hand, bottom right corner in graphite: 79.8%
Wikidata ID
Q64154574