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American | 1912 - 2006

Gordon Parks was an American photographer who was born in 1912. His work is currently being shown at multiple venues like MoAD, Museum of the African Diaspora in San Francisco. Numerous key galleries and museums such as National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. have featured Gordon Parks's work in the past.Gordon Parks's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 25 USD to 114,300 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 1999 the record price for this artist at auction is 114,300 USD for Segregation Story, sold at Phillips New York in 2024. In the past 12 months, his photographs have averaged 3,661 USD.Gordon Parks has been featured in articles for , and . The most recent article is written for Aesthetica in October 2025. The artist died in 2006.

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Featured for Sale

Louis Armstrong, Castle Hill, Ipswich, Massachusetts ,1955

By Gordon Parks

Bonhams New York

Muhammad Ali, London, England ,1966

By Gordon Parks

Bonhams New York

American Gothic

By Gordon Parks

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Untitled (Shady Grove, Alabama) - Gordon Parks

Untitled (Shady Grove, Alabama) ,1956

By Gordon Parks

+79%

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Muhammad Ali, ,1966

By Gordon Parks

+931%

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Untitled (Shady Grove, Alabama ,1956

By Gordon Parks

+90%

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Muhammad Ali, London, England - Gordon Parks

Muhammad Ali, London, England ,1966

By Gordon Parks

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Louis Armstrong, Castle Hill, Ipswich, Massachusetts - Gordon Parks

Louis Armstrong, Castle Hill, Ipswich, Massachusetts ,1955

By Gordon Parks

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American Gothic

By Gordon Parks

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Untitled (Shady Grove, Alabama ,1956

By Gordon Parks

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To Die or Not

Attributed to Gordon Parks

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American Gothic, Washington, D.C - Gordon Parks

American Gothic, Washington, D.C ,1942

By Gordon Parks

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Current Exhibitions

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Jack Shainman Gallery, Kinderhook

Kinderhook | New York | USA

17 May, 2025 - 29 Nov, 2025

Gordon Parks: Herklas Brown and Maine, 1944

Bowdoin College Museum of Art

Brunswick | Maine | USA

28 Jun, 2025 - 09 Nov, 2025

Photographs Of The American South

The Gadsden Arts Center & Museum

Quincy | Florida | USA

26 Sep, 2025 - 13 Dec, 2025

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Articles

Christie's Photographs sale in New York achieves $3.6 million

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Coverage

鈥� ..Though Parks is best known for his photographs documenting much of the civil rights era, he spent many years as a freelance photographer for a variety of publications, working across many subjects... 鈥�
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Jack Shainman Gallery, 24th Street

鈥� ..Gordon Parks is best known for his black and white photographs, but he also produced a lot of work in colour... 鈥�
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Foam Museum

鈥� ..Parks also established himself as a leading fashion photographer, providing spreads for respected magazines such as Vogue ... 鈥�
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Phoenix Art Museum

鈥� ..Whether he was photographing celebrities or common folk, Harlem gang leaders or intellectuals, children or the elderly, individuals who were well or barely dressed, Parks brought his straightforward, sympathetic... 鈥�
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Phoenix Art Museum

鈥� ..Parks had a natural ability to connect with almost anyone he encountered, regardless of class or race... 鈥�
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Nicholas Metivier Gallery

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