Red looking for rival gang

1948

Gordon Parks

Associated Names
Gordon Parks

Artist, American, 1912 - 2006

The image captures the upper half of a person's body standing by a window. The individual is leaning out from a low angle and is slightly bent at the waist, with one arm reaching out upwards, and their face in profile. The person has short-cropped hair and is exhaling smoke, with eyes looking out of the window. They are wearing a long-sleeve shirt or jacket, and the fabric's texture is visible in the light. The window is wooden with peeling paint, and there is a rope attached to it. The background shows a brick wall from an adjacent building.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gordon Parks, New York; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1999; acquired by the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2015.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2015

  • In Light of the Past: Celebrating Twenty-Five Years of Collecting Photographs at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, May 3 – July 26, 2015

Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, upper left in graphite: 10; stamped, upper center in black: LIFE PHOTO / BY; by unknown hand, upper center in graphite: G. Parks; stamped, upper right in black: OCT 8 1948; by unknown hand, inverted and circled: 655; center in red pencil: DO NOT USE / without seeing / PARKS; center in graphite: 53 / 6 / [?]alt; stamped, lower left perpendicular in blue: 27655; by unknown hand, lower right in blue pencil: x RACES - NEGROES / x Youth - US - Boys; by unknown hand, lower right in graphite: 1999.57.11.; on label on upper left of verso, typed: PLEASE RETURN DIRECT / TO Ida Mae Johnson [name by unknown hand in black ink] / LIFE PIX COLLECTION / ROOM 5-01

Wikidata ID

Q64154598

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