Gordon Parks
Washington (southwest section), D.C. Two Negro boys shooting marbles in front of their homes
Artist
Gordon Parks (American, 1912–2006)American, 1912–2006
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Washington (southwest section), D.C. Two Negro boys shooting marbles in front of their homes
DateNovember 1942
Place depictedWashington, District of Columbia, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 3 5/8 × 4 5/8 in. (9.2 × 11.7 cm)
Sheet: 3 15/16 × 4 7/8 in. (10 × 12.4 cm)
Sheet: 3 15/16 × 4 7/8 in. (10 × 12.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Mundy Companies
Object number91.67
Non exposé
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
Exhibition History"Our New Day Begun: African American Artists Entering the Millennium," The Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Austin, February 19–May 29, 2000; African American Museum, Dallas, June 12–August 31, 2000; The University Museum at Texas Southern University, Houston, November 12, 2000–February 18, 2001.
"Houston Collects: African American Art," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, July 31–October 26, 2008.
"Gordon Parks: The New Tide, 1940–1950," National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., November 4, 2018–February 18, 2019; Cleveland Museum of Art, March 16–June 9, 2019; Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, September 14–December 29, 2019.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in image at top, black line and white letters: "OWI-11064-C"
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