Knife Wielder, Fort Scott, Kansas

© The Gordon Parks Foundation

Knife Wielder, Fort Scott, Kansas

Currently not on view

Knife Wielder, Fort Scott, Kansas,

1963

Gordon Parks, 1912–2006; born Fort Scott, KS; died New York, NY; active New York, NY
2017-179

Information

Title
Knife Wielder, Fort Scott, Kansas
Dates

1963

Maker
Gordon Parks
Medium
Chromogenic print from a digital file
Dimensions
image: 34.4 × 48.8 cm (13 9/16 × 19 3/16 in.) sheet: 40.6 × 50.8 cm (16 × 20 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Hugh Leander Adams, Mary Trumbull Adams, and Hugh Trumbull Adams Princeton Art Fund
Object Number
2017-179
Place Made

North America, United States, Kansas, Fort Scott

Marks/Labels/Seals
Square stamp on verso: GORDON PARKS / This is a certified Gordon Parks reference print / which was printed during his lifetime and / authorized by the Gordon Parks Foundation. / [Signed] / Peter W. Kunhardt, Jr / Director, Gordon Parks Foundation / © All rights reserved
Culture
American
Type
gelatin silver prints, photographs
Techniques
chromogenic processes
Subject
hands, shadows, knives (weapons)

The artist; Gordon Parks Foundation, Pleasantville, New York, NY; purchased by the Princeton University Art Museum, 2017.

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