Gordon Parks
Children with Doll, Washington, D.C.

ArtistAmerican, 1912–2006
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Children with Doll, Washington, D.C.
Date1942, printed later
Place depictedWashington, District of Columbia, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 10 3/16 × 12 7/8 in. (25.9 × 32.7 cm)
Sheet: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Bill and Sara Morgan and Nina and Michael Zilkha in honor of Anne Wilkes Tucker on the occasion of her retirement
Object number2015.210
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist, d. 2006; Estate of artist; [Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2015.
Exhibition History"Statements: African American Art from the Museum's Collection," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Millennium Gallery, January 24–September 25, 2016.

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