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Red Jackson

Gordon Parks

Red Jackson

1947

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Gordon Parks

Red Jackson

1947

Physical Qualities Gelatin silver print, Sheet: 354 x 279 mm. (13 15/16 x 11 in.) Image: 340 x 249 mm. (13 3/8 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line Purchase with a grant from the Florsheim Art Fund and with matching funds from Roger M. Dalsheimer, Baltimore
Object Number 1998.96
From the artist's collection
Rena Hoisington, BMA, "Looking through the Lens: Photography 1900-1960," 16 March - 8 June 2008.

Jo Anna Isaak, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, 'Looking Forward Looking Black,' The Baltimore Museum of Art, February 6, 2002 - May 5, 2002.

Rena Hoisington, The Academy Art Museum, "Picturing America: 1930-1960 Photographs from the Baltimore Museum of Art," July 31 - October 3, 2009.

Christopher Bedford and Katy Siegel, BMA. "Every Day: Selections from the Collection," Sunday, July 14, 2019 - Sunday, January 05, 2020.

Inscribed: upper left verso stamped in black ink: "LIFE PHOTO BY GORDON PARKS"; center verso, in orange crayon: "H" (in circle); center verso in graphite: "27655 / RI / 2"; lower center verso in graphite: "PF20692"

Markings: none

Artist

Gordon Parks

1911–2005

born Fort Scott, KS 1912; died New York, NY 2006
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