Washington, D.C. Marian Anderson broadcasting a Negro spiritual at the dedication of a mural installed in the United States Department of the Interior building, commemorating the outdoor concert which she gave at the Lincoln Memorial after the Daughters of the American Revolution refused to allow her to sing in Constitution Hall, January 1943, printed later

gelatin silver print

sheet: 25.4 × 20.5 cm (10 × 8 1/16 in.)
image: 24.1 × 19.2 cm (9 1/2 × 7 9/16 in.)

2016.117.119

Gordon Parks (artist) American, 1912 - 2006

on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom left in graphite: CGA40; by unknown hand, bottom center in graphite: LC-USW3-13421-D

Gordon Parks, New York; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1998; acquired by NGA, 2016.

Corcoran Gallery of Art
Parks, Gordon

1997: Half Past Autumn: The Art of Gordon Parks, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, September 10, 1997 – January 11, 1998

2019: One Life: Marian Anderson, National Portrait Gallery, Washington, Washington (28 Jun 2019 – 13 Mar 2020)