Mar 31, 2016 - Sale 2408

Sale 2408 - Lot 434

Price Realized: $ 1,062
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
(PHOTOGRAPHY.) PARKS, GORDON. Boy with shirt on his head (supplied title). 10 x 7-1/2 inches; stamp 'Life Photo by Gordon Parks' on reverse. Np, circa 1950's-1960's

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Gordon Parks (1912-2006) was one of the 20th century's most accomplished men. Recognized as a first-class photographer, Parks was an accomplished writer, musician and poet, as well as an award-winning movie director. His film 1971 film 'Shaft' broke ground for all black films and gave birth to a new genre of 'Blaxploitation films.'