Gordon Parks
Washington, D.C. A disciple of the St. Martin's Spiritual Church keeping vigil at Saint Joseph's new tomb

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

CultureAmerican

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Washington, D.C. A disciple of the St. Martin's Spiritual Church keeping vigil at Saint Joseph's new tomb

DateAugust 1942, printed 1976

Place depictedWashington, District of Columbia, United States

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 13 7/16 × 10 1/2 in. (34.1 × 26.7 cm)
Sheet: 13 15/16 × 11 in. (35.4 × 27.9 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Mr. and Mrs. Alvin S. Romansky

Object number76.411

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ProvenanceLibrary of Congress, Washington, DC; purchased by MFAH, 1976.
Exhibition History"Our New Day Begun: African American Artists Entering the Millennium," Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Austin, February 19–May 29, 2000; African American Museum, Dallas, June 12–August 31, 2000; University Museum, Texas Southern University, Houston, November 12, 2000–February 18, 2001.

"Introducing America to Americans: Depression-era Photographs from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts, Spring, Texas, June 10–September 9, 2017.
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