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Gordon Parks

1912

Fort Scott, KS, USA

Social RealismPhotography

Representation

None documented

Institutional Exhibitions

110

Works in Collection

218

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80%

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• Social Realism
• Photography

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Social Realism

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Rijksmuseum Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Whitney Museum of American Art

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Artworks (110)

Bessie Fontenelle with her Son Richard

1968 · gelatin silver print on photographic support

height: 378 cm, width: 508 cm, width: 500 cm, height: 350 cm

Rijksmuseum

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Untitled, Harlem, New York

1967 · gelatin silver print

Image: 16.2 x 24 cm (6 3/8 x 9 7/16 in.); Paper: 20.4 x 25.2 cm (8 1/16 x 9 15/16 in.); Matted: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Untitled, Miami, Florida, 1970 (Muhammad Ali with Children)

1965 · gelatin silver print

Image: 22.9 x 33.7 cm (9 x 13 1/4 in.); Paper: 23.3 x 34 cm (9 3/16 x 13 3/8 in.); Matted: 45.7 x 55.9 cm (18 x 22 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Untitled, Los Angeles, California

1963 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 22.7 × 33.5 cm (8 15/16 × 13 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled, Los Angeles, California

1963 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 33.3 × 22.8 cm (13 1/8 × 9 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Muslim Training against Police Dogs, Chicago, Illinois, from the series "Chicago Muslim Story" (1963)

1963 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 22.9 × 34 cm (9 1/16 × 13 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Malcolm X at Rally, Chicago, Illinois, from the series "Chicago Muslim Story" (1963)

1963 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 24.2 × 16.7 cm (9 9/16 × 6 5/8 in.); Paper: 25.3 × 20.3 cm (10 × 8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled, from the series "Chicago Muslim Story" (1963)

1963 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 23.9 × 33.8 cm (9 7/16 × 13 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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