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Harlem Gang Wars by Gordon Parks — VisualArtsDB

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Harlem Gang Wars

1948

Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 10 15/16 × 10 1/2" (27.9 × 26.7 cm)
Genre: Photograph
Museum: Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York City, NY, US

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Leon Kirchner, New York

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Off on My Own (Harlem, New York), from the series "Harlem is Nowhere"

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Alberto Giacometti, Paris

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Two Boys on Railroad Track Outside Mobile, Alabama

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