
Battered Man
Gordon Parks · 1948
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Art Institute of Chicago, “The Concerned Photographer,” March 18–June 11, 2006. (Katherine Bussard, Newell G. Smith, and Gregory Harris)
- Art Institute of Chicago, "They Seek a City: Chicago and the Art of Migration, 1910–1950," March 3–June 2, 2013. (Sarah Kelly Oehler)
- Art Institute of Chicago, Gallery 10 Permanent Collection Rotation, May 10-September 28, 2014.
- Art Institute of Chicago, "Invisible Man: Gordon Parks and Ralph Ellison in Harlem," May 21-August 28, 2016.
- Art Institute of Chicago, Gallery 189 Permanent Collection Rotation, January 8–April 15, 2019.
Literature
Published references
- Oehler, Sarah Kelly. 2013. "They Seek a City: Chicago and the Art of Migration, 1910–1950." Exh. cat. Art Institute of Chicago/Yale University Press. p. 78, fig. 70.
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