Trapped in an Abandoned Building by a Rival Gang on Street, Red Jackson Ponders His Next Move

Trapped in an Abandoned Building by a Rival Gang on Street, Red Jackson Ponders His Next Move

Photograph

Gordon Parks

Maker
American, 1912–2006

Trapped in an Abandoned Building by a Rival Gang on Street, Red Jackson Ponders His Next Move

Harlem


1948
Gelatin silver print
Image: 12 13/16 × 10 5/8 in. (32.5 × 27 cm)
Matted: 22 × 18 1/16 × 7/16 in. (55.9 × 45.8 × 1.1 cm)
Museum accession
Inscriptions Applied label in ink on verso, TLC: Gordon Parks \ Harlem, 1949 Life Magazine, © 1949 Time Inc.
Inscribed in pencil on verso, TC: B3
Inscribed in red ink on verso, TR: 75.
Stamped in black ink on verso, TC: LIFE PHOTO \ by \ GORDON PARKS (upside down)
Inscribed in blue ink on verso, C: 27655 (underlined) \ [illegible]2 \ 6 (circled) 7
Applied label in pencil and black ink on verso, C: [illegible] I Life GORDON PARKS \ Harlem, 1949 \ Life Magazine
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