Gordon Parks
Anacostia, D.C. Housing Project

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Artist Gordon Parks (American, 1912–2006)American, 1912–2006

CultureAmerican

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Anacostia, D.C. Housing Project

DateJune 1942

Place depictedWashington, District of Columbia, United States

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 7 5/8 × 9 7/16 in. (19.3 × 24 cm)
Sheet: 8 1/8 × 9 15/16 in. (20.6 × 25.2 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Mrs. Clare A. Glassell

Object number97.260

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Provenance[Howard Greenberg Gallery LLC, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 1997.
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.

"Gordon Parks: The New Tide, 1940–1950," National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., November 4, 2018–February 18, 2019; Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, September 14–December 29, 2019.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Inscription: Verso of mat: "Gordon Parks / Anacostia, D.C. Housing Project / July / 800." In pencil, verso of sheet: "4-356 / 13379." Black ink stamp, verso: "The Sale of this photograph by the / Library of Congress does not carry with it / the right to publication or reproduction. The Purchaser assumes responsibility for sec- / uring all rights and clearances necessary to / publication or reproduction." "A National Service of the Council Against Intolerance in America. / PLEASE CREDIT / PICTURES FOR DEMOCRACY / By Gordon Parks, FSA. PRINT # 427 SERIAL +." Label, verso: "LC-USF34: 13379-C Anacostia, D.C. July 1942. Frederick Douglas housing project. A family says grace before the evening meal. Photo by Gordon / Parks."

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