Willie Causey, Jr., with Gun during Violence in Alabama, Shady Grove, Alabama

Gordon Parks, American, 1912 - 2006

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negative 1956; print 2012

Archival pigment print

1/15

Image: 14 1/8 × 14 in. (35.8 × 35.6 cm)

Sheet: 19 15/16 × 16 in. (50.7 × 40.6 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Mrs. Harvey P. Hood W'18 Fund

2022.27.1

Geography

Place Imaged: Shady Grove, United States, North America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Photograph

Research Area

Photograph

Not on view

Inscriptions

Numbered, on reverse, lower right corner, in graphite: 1/15 Stamped, on reverse, below center, in black ink: [in square box] GORDON PARKS / This is a Certified Gordon Parks Photograph / which was printed in __ 2012 [graphite]__ and / authenticated by the Gordon Parks Foundation. / __Peter W. Kunhardt [graphite]__ / Peter W. Kunhardt, Jr. / Executive Director, the Gordon Parks Foundation / c[circled] The Gordon Parks Foundation, All rights reserved

Course History

HIST 10.04/AAAS 20.02, Dartmouth Black Lives, Julia Rabig and Darryl Barthe, Fall 2022

Sociology 1.01, Introduction to Sociology, Kimberly Rogers, Spring 2023

Provenance

The Gordon Parks Foundation, Pleasantville, New York; sold to present collection, 2022.

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