Women Sitting by Storefront in Harlem, NYC (Primary Title)

Gordon Parks, American, 1912 – 2006 (Artist)

1952
American
Photographs
Works On Paper
Gelatin silver print
Image: 11 15/16 × 9 9/16 in. (30.32 × 24.29 cm)
2016.164
Not on view
Ferrotyped
Life Picture in red ink stamp on print verso: "Life Picture Collection". Reproduction limitation stamp in black ink on print verso: "© Time Inc. All Rights Reserved./ No reproduction, commercial display or other/ use is permitted without express written/ permission of the copyright holder." Label with barcode affixed to print verso: "Time Inc. Picture Collection/ 001268382". Life Photo stamp in black ink on print verso: "Life Photo/by/ Gordon Parks". Date stamp in black ink on print verso: "Jun 3 1952". Stamp in blue ink on print verso: "36997".
Inscribed in blue ink in print verso: " 'So still and silent/ that they clash with the/ crowd with their [scratched out inscriptions] im[illegible]' "/ 'Standing [illegible] in their ^ very selves; Harsh as a cry of [illegible] in their/ quietness' ". Inscribed in black ink on print verso: "Harlem; NYC/ UL 8/16/63, p.84". Inscribed in graphite on print verso: "---34 1/2 P----" / "A aet" [encircled]/ "PF75848"/ "30 [underlined]/ R6 [underlined]/ 4/ MR".
Arthur and Margaret Glasgow Endowment
© Gordon Parks Foundation

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