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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2.2002.1000
People
Gordon Parks, American (Fort Scott, Kansas 1912 - 2006 New York, New York)
Title
American Gothic, Washington, DC
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Washington, D. C. Government Charwoman
Alternate Title: Ella Watson, Government Charwoman
Series/Book Title: Civil Rights Portfolio, Mother Jones International Fund for Documentary Photography
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1942, printed later
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, District of Columbia, Washington
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/158741

Location

Location
Level 3, Room 3610, University Teaching Gallery
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Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 33.5 x 24.4 cm (13 3/16 x 9 5/8 in.)
sheet: 35.5 x 28.3 cm (14 x 11 1/8 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Beinecke Fund
Copyright
© Gordon Parks Foundation
Accession Year
2011
Object Number
2.2002.1000
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

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