Medium
gelatin silver photograph
Measurements
50.8 × 40.7 cm (image and sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1973
Gordon Parks, Bessie and Little Richard the Morning After She Scalded Her Husband, Harlem, New York, 1967. Courtesy of and copyright The Gordon Parks Foundation.
Gallery location
Not on display
Edition
ed. 11/99
Inscription
inscribed in white paint (in image) l.l.: Gordon Parks / 11/99
Accession Number
PH89-1973
Department
International Photography
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