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A black-and-white photograph of a Black man in profile with a cigarette in his mouth looking out of a shattered window.
A black-and-white photograph of a Black man in profile with a cigarette in his mouth looking out of a shattered window.

Red Jackson, Harlem, New York

Gordon Parks (1912-2006)

Object Details

  • Date

    1948, printed before 1962

  • Object Type

    Photographs

  • Medium

    Gelatin silver print

  • Dimensions

    12 7/16 x 9 9/16 in.

  • Inscriptions

    Verso:

    u.l. to u.r. in ink: 82 [torn] 525-62 \ RDON PARKS \ d Jackson

    c. in graphite: /6 pt

    c. on white label: title: Ideas in Images ex. number: 63-8 \ title of work: RED JACKSON artist: Gordon Parks \ lender: Gordon Parks cat. number: 82 \ circulation date: December 1962-February 1965 \ THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF ARTS . 41 East 65 Street, New York 21

    c.l. on red label: IN THE EVENT OF DAMAGE \ DO NOT TOUCH \ OR REPAIR \ WITHOUT PERMISSION OF \ THE REGISTRAR \ THE AMERICAN FEDERATION \ OF ARTS

    c.r. on white label: DO NOT HANG \ IN DIRECT SUNLIGHT \ OR OVER \ HEATING VENT

    l.c. on red label: PLEXIGLAS \ DO NOT TAPE

    l.r. in ink: [illeg.] 2

    [removed] white printed label: 120 WOOSTER STREET \ NEW YORK, NY 10012 \ HOWARD \ GREENBERG \ GALLERY [printed over green square] \ Gordon Parks [typewritten] \ Red Jackson [underlined], 1948 \ Gelatin silver print; printed before 1962 \ 12 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches \ Exhibition print from the American \ Federation of Arts, "Ideas in Images", \ December 1962-February 1965; \ Exhibition label on mount verso \ PF20633

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Accession Number

    P1998.32

  • Copyright

    © The Gordon Parks Foundation

Additional details

Location: Off view
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