Harvesting Grain
1944
Gordon Parks
Artist, American, 1912 - 2006
Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image/sheet: 19.1 × 19.1 cm (7 1/2 × 7 1/2 in.)
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Accession Number
2025.100.31
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Stephen Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles); Manfred Heiting, Los Angeles, 30 August 2019; gift to NGA, 2025.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
on verso, by unknown hand, top right in black ink: 15255; center printed in black ink on applied paper: 15255 - Harvesting Grain [underlined] / Agriculture is becoming more mechanized yearly as the growing demand / for food all over the world necessitates greater production. Oil / for lubrication and fuel thus plays an important role in farming. / (Photo by Parks); by unknown hand, bottom center in black ink obscured: PF24409