Gordon Parks
The Dove

The Dove

© The Gordon Parks Foundation

The Dove
The Dove
ArtistAmerican, 1912–2006
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • The Dove
Date1962
MediumChromogenic print
DimensionsImage: 12 3/4 × 18 7/8 in. (32.4 × 48 cm)
 Sheet: 12 3/4 × 18 7/8 in. (32.4 × 48 cm)
Credit LineGift of Joseph Chanin
Object number2004.2117
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceJoseph Chanin, New York; given to MFAH, 2004.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked in ink on verso mount:
"GORDON PARKS / NEW YORK, N.Y. USA", "3/64", "The Dove, 1962"

Marked in pencil on verso mount on a back label: "207.002.4.88", ink on back label "Artist: Gordon Parks / Title: THE DOVE"

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