Gordon Parks

Artist Nancy Lee Katz (American, 1947 - 2018)

DateOctober 1991; printed 2018-2022

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 10 1/16 × 9 13/16 inches (25.56 × 24.92 cm)
Sheet: 13 15/16 × 10 15/16 inches (35.4 × 27.78 cm)

Credit LineGift of Michael S. Sachs

Object number2022.32.36

SignedOn sheet recto, bottom, in blind stamp: [signature]

InscribedOn sheet verso, lower left, in pencil: "Gordon Parks October 1991"

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DescriptionPortrait of a mustachioed man, Gordon Parks, seated with his legs reclining on a stack of books. He's wearing a collared shirt with a sweater and holding a pipe in his mouth. He's in a room line with several keyboards and sound equipment.Provenance

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Michael Sachs, Westport, Connecticut; given to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2022.

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