Gordon Parks

Flávio Amuses Smaller Brothers and Sisters, Rio de Janeiro
1961

A black and white photograph of a person holding a torn piece of paper with another photograph printed on it in front of their face, aligning the image of a face on the paper with their own. The background appears to be a wooden surface.
A black and white photograph of a person holding a torn piece of paper with another photograph printed on it in front of their face, aligning the image of a face on the paper with their own. The background appears to be a wooden surface.

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Date
1961

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 11 × 14in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm) Image: 9 3/4 × 13 5/8in. (24.8 × 34.6 cm)

Accession number
2021.56

Edition
Vintage

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Photography Committee

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
artworks/64853

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