East Dorset, Vermont, Section of a Barn's Hayloft

1947

Gordon Parks

Associated Names
Gordon Parks

Artist, American, 1912 - 2006

This is a photograph of a wooden wall with dry grass at its base. The image features horizontal wooden planks with visible knots and grain patterns, slightly weathered, and a vertical strip indicating a possible corner or end piece. At the bottom of the photograph, tufts of dry, wispy grass grow in a disordered cluster, casting shadows against the wood. The sunlight highlights the texture of both the wooden surface and the grass.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, by Standard Oil Co. (N.J.), top right corner in black ink: 53183; by Standard Oil Co. (N.J.), center typed on adhered paper: Parks New England Sept.'47 / 53183 East Dorset, Vermont. Section of a barn's hayloft.; center in graphite underlined: 53183; center stamped in red ink: PLEASE CREDIT / STANDARD OIL CO. (N.J.) / PHOTO BY PARKS; bottom right corner stamped in red ink: PLEASE RETURN UNUSED PHOTOS TO / STANDARD OIL CO., (N.J.) / PUBLIC RELATIONS DEPT. / [?] ROCKEFELLER PLAZA / NEW YORK

Wikidata ID

Q64154605

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