Miles Davis
1981
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: 22.9 × 34.1 cm (9 × 13 7/16 in.)
sheet: 23.5 × 35.4 cm (9 1/4 × 13 15/16 in.) -
Accession
2015.19.4634
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 Time Inc., center perpendicular stamped in black ink: CREDIT TO READ: Gordon Parks [in black marker] / PEOPLE WEEKLY (c) 1981 Time Inc. / Photo must be returned to: Rm. 28-58 / PEOPLE WEEKLY, Time & Life Bldg. / New York, N.Y. 10010 / NOT FOR ADVERTISING OR TRADE USE / Set#; by unknown hand, center right perpendicular in graphite circled: 10; center right perpendicular in graphite: 104131P / 40 / 4; by unknown hand, vertical along right edge in black marker: MILES DAVIS UP 9-28-81; by Time Inc., center bottom perpedicular stamped in black ink: PRINT PROPERTY OF TIME INC. / REPRODUCTION FORBIDDEN WITHOUT / EXPRESS CONSENT.; by unknown hand, along bottom right in graphite: N.Y. 31.7.89; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right corner in graphite: CGA#186 [exhibition number for Half Past Autumn]
Wikidata ID
Q64154584