Gordon Parks
Washington (southwest section), D.C. Two Negro boys shooting marbles in front of their homes

Public Domain

ExpandFavorite

Images(3)

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)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Mundy Companies

Object number91.67

Not on view

Explore Further

Department

Photography

Special Collections

Photographs by African American Artists

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

Provenance[Photofind Gallery, Woodstock, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 1991.
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"

Cataloguing data may change with further research.

If you have questions about this work of art or the MFAH Online Collection please contact us.