Harlem Rooftops

1948

Gordon Parks

Associated Names
Gordon Parks

Artist, American, 1912 - 2006

The image displays an aerial view of a dense urban landscape, showing rooftops of a city stretching towards the horizon. Smoke or mist rises from the middle of the frame, blending with the hazy atmosphere and distant skyline. The style is photographic, focusing on details of the cityscape with an emphasis on gritty textures. The color palette is monochrome, using shades of gray and black. Numerous buildings spread across the image, highlighting the city's vastness and density, with a single tower standing out in the distance.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 29.21 × 49.21 cm (11 1/2 × 19 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 40.64 × 50.8 cm (16 × 20 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2017.68.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Life Magazine Archives, New York; NGA purchase (through Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York), 2017.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2018

  • Gordon Parks: The New Tide, Early Work 1940–1950: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, November 4, 2018–February 18, 2019; The Cleveland Museum of Art, March 23–June 9, 2019; Amon Carter Museum of American Art, August 31–December 29, 2019; Addison Gallery of American Art, February 1–April 26, 2020

Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, top center in graphite: PF107112; perpendicular along top right: GP02922; center: 27655 / P1 - 1 md; bottom center: PF 107112; perpendicular along bottom right: MV3.012

Wikidata ID

Q64154621

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