© The Gordon Parks Foundation
Currently not on view
Untitled, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,
1961
Gordon Parks, 1912–2006; born Fort Scott, KS; died New York, NY; active New York, NY
2017-176
More Context
Special Exhibition
In this photograph, which was not included in the published <em>Life </em>article, Isabel leans against her family’s shack in a garbage-strewn and open-sewage alleyway—unsanitary conditions that contributed to the multiple diseases afflicting the inhabitants of Catacumba. The essay itself generated an enormous response from <em>Life</em> readers, galvanizing the public to send enough money for the da Silva family to move out of the favela and to pay for Flavio’s medical treatment in the United States.
Information
Title
Untitled, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Dates
1961
Maker
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 22.8 × 33 cm (9 × 13 in.)
sheet: 28 × 35.4 cm (11 × 13 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Hugh Leander Adams, Mary Trumbull Adams, and Hugh Trumbull Adams Princeton Art Fund
Object Number
2017-176
Place Made
South America, Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
Inscription
bottom right in pen: 145% / L-2
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
Techniques
The artist; Gordon Parks Foundation, Pleasantville, New York, NY; purchased by the Princeton University Art Museum, 2017.
