Gordon Parks Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Gordon Parks Art Value Price Guide

Aug. 21, 2026
Gordon Parks (American, 1912-2006), "Contentment", 1999
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Gordon Parks (American, 1912-2006) "Contentment", 1999 iris print on watercolor paper transparency and print from 1999. Unframed.
New Orleans Auction Galleries
Jul. 18, 2026
GORDON PARKS 'COLORED ENTRANCE' PHOTO PRINT
Est: $300 - $500
Gordon Parks 'Colored Entrance, Department Store' photo print on heavy matte stock. Sheet measures 12" x 12".
Antiques & Modern Auction Gallery
May. 03, 2026
GORDON PARKS, (American, 1912-2006), Ingrid Bergman, on Location for the Film 'Stromboli', 1949, gelatin silver print, sight: 9 7/8 x 11 3/4 in., frame: 19 1/2 x 21 1/8 in.
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
GORDON PARKS (American, 1912-2006) Ingrid Bergman, on Location for the Film 'Stromboli' 1949, gelatin silver print signed Gordon Parks lower right and verso
Grogan & Company
Apr. 30, 2026
Gordon Parks. Ingrid Bergman at Stromboli, Italy. 1948; printed 1970s.
Est: $5,000 - $7,500
Gordon Parks 1912-2006 Ingrid Bergman at Stromboli, Italy. 1948; printed 1970s. Silver print With Parks' signature (twice), title, and negative date in ink, and his credit stamp, on verso.
Swann Auction Galleries
Jan. 29, 2026
Gordon Parks (American, 1912-2006), "Moonlit", 1999
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Gordon Parks (American, 1912-2006) "Moonlit", 1999 iris print on watercolor paper transparency and print from 1999. Unframed.
New Orleans Auction Galleries
Dec. 16, 2025
Gordon Parks. Flowerscape. 1995.
Est: $3,000 - $4,500
Gordon Parks 1912-2006 Flowerscape. 1995. Iris print With Parks' signature and edition notation 1/10 in pencil on recto.
Swann Auction Galleries
Dec. 13, 2025
Gordon Parks, 1912-2006, Bessie and Little Richard (the Morning after She Scalded Her Husband, Harlem, New York)
Est: $9,000 - $12,000
Gordon Parks 1912-2006 Bessie and Little Richard (the Morning after She Scalded Her Husband, Harlem, New York) 1967 gelatin silver print 9-5/16 x 13-1/2 inches signed in pencil verso Howard Greenburg Gallery (NY) label verso Provenance: private collection, Miami, FL
Black Art Auction
Dec. 11, 2025
Gordon Parks, American Gothic, Washington D.C.
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
Gordon Parks American Gothic, Washington D.C. 1942 / printed later gelatin silver print image: 17.375 h x 12.5 w in (44 x 32 cm) sheet: 19.875 h x 16 w in (50 x 41 cm) Artist foundation, copyright and authentication stamp to verso signed by Executive Director, Peter W. Kunhardt, Jr. Sold with a digital copy of the invoice. Provenance: Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto | Acquired in 2014 via an agent by present owner This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Dec. 07, 2025
GORDON PARKS 'EMERGING MAN' GLOSSY PHOTO
Est: $300 - $400
Gordon Parks 'Emerging Man' glossy photo print. Mounted. Measures 10" x 6 1/8".
Antiques & Modern Auction Gallery
Nov. 20, 2025
Gordon Parks (American, 1912-2006), "Child Stirring", 1967
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Gordon Parks (American, 1912-2006) "Child Stirring", 1967 iris print on watercolor paper printed in 1995 from a 1967 transparency. Unframed.
New Orleans Auction Galleries
Nov. 13, 2025
Gordon Parks (American, 1912-2006). Portrait of co
Est: £80 - £120
Gordon Parks (American, 1912-2006). Portrait of composer Aaron Copland, 1955 – a black and white photograph of the American composer, originally taken while Parks was on an assignment for Life magazine, later printed from the original 1955 negative, numbered 73 and the photographer’s name handwritten in pencil by an unknown hand and ‘ The Tony Parks (UK) Collection’ red printed stamp on the reverse, 8 x 10 inches. Gordon Parks (1912-2006) was an American photographer, author, poet, composer, and filmmaker, who became prominent in American photojournalism in the 1940s through the 1970s. Parks is also known for directing the films, The Learning Tree (1969) Shaft (1971) and Shaft’s Big Score (1972). Aron Copland (1900-1990-) was an American composer, writer, pianist, and conductor, known as the “Dean of American Music”, his compositions such as ‘Appalachian Spring’, ‘Billy the Kid’, ‘Rodeo’ and ‘Fanfare for the Common Man’ became patriotic standards. In 1950 his is film score for The Heiress (1949) won him the Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture. overall good condition.
Ewbank's
Oct. 22, 2025
Untitled (Shady Grove, Alabama)
Est: $25,000 - $35,000
Gordon Parks 1912 - 2006 Untitled (Shady Grove, Alabama) large-format archival pigment print, framed, an Alison Jacques Gallery label on the reverse image: 38 by 38 in. (96.5 by 96.5 cm.) frame: 42½ by 43 in. (107.9 by 109.2 cm.) Executed in 1956, printed posthumously, this print is number 4 from an edition of 7.
Sotheby's
Oct. 18, 2025
Gordon Parks (attribution), 1913-2006, To Die or Not
Est: $300 - $500
Gordon Parks (attribution) 1913-2006 To Die or Not n.d. photograph 13-3/4 x 9-3/4 inches signed, "Gordon Rogers Parks" in pencil on mount and titled
Black Art Auction
Oct. 18, 2025
Gordon Parks, 1912-2006, American Gothic, Washington, D.C.
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
Gordon Parks 1912-2006 American Gothic, Washington, D.C. 1942 (later imp.) silver print 9-1/3 x 6-3/4 inches signed from the Gordon Parks Foundation website: "At first, I asked her about her life, what it was like, and so disastrous that I felt that I must photograph this woman in a way that would make me feel or make the public feel about what Washington D.C., was in 1942. So I put her before the American flag with a broom in one hand and a mop in another. And I said, "American Gothic""that's how I felt at the moment. I didn't care about what anybody else felt. That's what I felt about America and Ella Watson's position inside America." --Gordon Parks, 1998. Gordon Parks's 1942 portrait of government worker Ella Watson, which he famously titled American Gothic, is among the most celebrated and influential photographs of the 20th century. Created as part of an extensive collaboration between the photographer and his subject, it is at once a record of one woman's position within the racial, professional, and economic hierarchies that stratified the nation's capital and Parks' visual reckoning with the realities of Black life in racially segregated Washington, D.C. Remarkably layered and yet instantly legible, American Gothic communicated a complex of injustices with the barest of means: a flag, a woman, a broom, a mop. Its canny allusions to other icons of modern American visual culture, including Grant Wood's painting of the same title, strengthen the impact of what Parks described as "an indictment of America." This exhibition and its accompanying publication is the first in-depth survey of this formative project in Parks' career, providing a context for understanding how American Gothic became one of the defining images of the ongoing struggle for civil rights. In January 1942, with the support of a Rosenwald Fellowship, Parks arrived in Washington, D.C., to apprentice at the Farm Security Administration (FSA). While there, he met Ella Watson, one of the women who cleaned the government offices. After learning about her family and their struggles, Parks decided to make her the subject of his first extended picture story. The resulting photographs were a breakthrough in Parks' career. Through Watson, he was able to provide an intimate, humanist perspective on Black American life by photographing their everyday activities, both the struggles and moments of joy. The series of photographs, with American Gothic at its center, conveys a remarkably intimate portrait of Watson as a multidimensional figure, vitally important--and paradoxically overlooked--within the civic sphere.
Black Art Auction
Oct. 16, 2025
Gordon Parks. Dusk Dropping. 1994.
Est: $3,000 - $4,500
Gordon Parks 1912-2006 Dusk Dropping. 1994. Iris print With Parks' signature in pencil on recto.
Swann Auction Galleries
Oct. 09, 2025
GORDON PARKS (American, 1912 - 2006). Drug store "Cowboys." Black Diamond, Alberta, Canada, October 1945, Photograph printed later. Uns
Est: $1,200 - $1,500
GORDON PARKS (American, 1912 - 2006). Drug store "Cowboys." Black Diamond, Alberta, Canada, October 1945, Photograph printed later. Unsigned, developed and processed from original film negatives at MV Labs, NYC, NY by Jim Megargee. Framed. Not examined out of frame. - 17 1/2 x 13 inches; frame: 25 x 21 inches.
Sloans & Kenyon
Oct. 09, 2025
GORDON PARKS (1912-2006). Ingrid Bergman at Stromboli, Italy, 1949. signed
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
GORDON PARKS (1912-2006). Ingrid Bergman at Stromboli, Italy, 1949. signed in ink (verso)image: 8 5/8 x 10 in. (21.9 x 25.4 cm.)sheet: 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm.).
Christie's
Oct. 09, 2025
GORDON PARKS (1912-2006). American Gothic, Washington D.C., 1942. signed in
Est: $7,000 - $9,000
GORDON PARKS (1912-2006). American Gothic, Washington D.C., 1942. signed in ink (verso)image: 12 3/8 x 8 ¾ in. (31.4 x 22.2 cm.)sheet: 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm.).
Christie's
Sep. 27, 2025
GORDON PARKS 'MARILYN MONROE' PHOTOGRAPH
Est: $300 - $400
Gordon Parks (American, 1912-2006) 'Marilyn Monroe' photo print. Measures 10" x 10". Printed later. Mounted to foamboard.
Antiques & Modern Auction Gallery
Jul. 29, 2025
Gordon Parks "Eye Music"
Est: $60 - $80
Gordon Parks "Eye Music". Reproduction Print. 24 x 33. Excellent condition
Bruce Teleky Inc.
Jul. 17, 2025
GORDON PARKS (American, 1912 - 2006). Mother and Child, Blind River, Ontario, 1955, Photograph printed later. Unsigned. Developed and p
Est: $1,000 - $1,200
GORDON PARKS (American, 1912 - 2006). Mother and Child, Blind River, Ontario, 1955, Photograph printed later. Unsigned. Developed and processed from original film negatives at MV Labs, NYC, NY by Jim Megargee. Framed. Not examined out of frame. - 17 x 11 inches, frame: 23 x 18 inches.
Sloans & Kenyon
Jul. 17, 2025
GORDON PARKS (American, 1912 - 2006). Drug store "Cowboys." Black Diamond, Alberta, Canada, October 1945, Photograph printed later. Uns
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
GORDON PARKS (American, 1912 - 2006). Drug store "Cowboys." Black Diamond, Alberta, Canada, October 1945, Photograph printed later. Unsigned, developed and processed from original film negatives at MV Labs, NYC, NY by Jim Megargee. Framed. Not examined out of frame. - 17 1/2 x 13 inches; frame: 25 x 21 inches.
Sloans & Kenyon
Jun. 28, 2025
Gordon Parks "Eye Music"
Est: $60 - $80
Gordon Parks "Eye Music". Reproduction Print. 24 x 33. Excellent condition
Bruce Teleky Inc.
May. 24, 2025
Gordon Parks "Eye Music"
Est: $60 - $80
Gordon Parks "Eye Music". Reproduction Print. 24 x 33. Excellent condition
Bruce Teleky Inc.
May. 22, 2025
Gordon Parks (1912-2006)
Est: £1,000 - £2,000
Gordon Parks (1912-2006) ISABEL BESIDE SICK FATHER, RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL, 1961.Vintage silver gelatin print, image size 23.2 x 34cm, sheet size 28 x 35.5cm, signed, numbered, and annotated by the photographer in pencil verso, titled "Flavio's father + sister / father ill" in an unknown hand in pencil, with Parks' LIFE Photo stamp credit verso. First published in LIFE Magazine in 1961, this image opened Parks' seminal 1961 photo story detailing the life of Flavio da Silva. "In the shadowy slum world into which she was born in Rio de Janeiro, 3-year-old Isabel da Silva cries to herself after vainly seeking comfort from her exhausted father, José." - Freedom's Fearful Foe; Poverty, Life Magazine, published June 16, 1961.
Chiswick Auctions
May. 21, 2025
Parks (Gordon, 1912-2006). South American cattle herders, c. 1960, gelatin silver print
Est: £150 - £200
Parks (Gordon, 1912-2006). South American cattle herders, c. 1960, gelatin silver print * Parks (Gordon, 1912-2006). South American cattle herders, c. 1960, gelatin silver print, minor creases to corners, signed by the photographer to verso and with red ink wetstamp of the Toni Parks (UK) Collection to verso, 22 x 33 cm QTY: (1)
Dominic Winter Auctions
May. 21, 2025
Parks (Gordon, 1912-2006). Self Portrait, 1941
Est: £150 - £200
Parks (Gordon, 1912-2006). Self Portrait, 1941 * Parks (Gordon, 1912-2006). Self Portrait, 1941, and a photograph of Gordon Parks in front of Y.M.C.A., Harlem, New York, 1943, by Cecil Layne, both later gelatin silver prints, 25 x 20 cm, each with red wetstamp of the Toni Parks (UK) Collection to versos QTY: (2)
Dominic Winter Auctions
May. 21, 2025
Parks (Gordon, 1912-2006). In Love, 1971
Est: £100 - £150
Parks (Gordon, 1912-2006). In Love, 1971 * Parks (Gordon, 1912-2006). In Love, 1971, original mock-up front cover artwork, comprising a mounted colour photograph of a reclining young woman seen through leafy trees, 11 x 16.5 cm, mounted on card with transparency overlays titled in red and blue beneath, red ink wetstamp of the Toni Parks (UK) Collection to lower margin, 35 x 25.5 cm, together with the master 8-track tape for 'In Love', recorded 25 June 1996, contained in original box with manuscript details and Toni Parks stamp, a sheet of notes with recording lengths of tracks loosely inserted QTY: (2)
Dominic Winter Auctions
May. 18, 2025
Gordon Parks: Daylight Rumble, Harlem, 1948 (Printed Later)
Est: $40,000 - $50,000
Gordon Parks (192-2006) Daylight Rumble, Harlem, 1948 (Printed Later) Gelatin silver print Signed and inscribed "To Puffy: in ink on print recto Howard Greenberg Gallery tag on verso; S.K Josefsberg Studio tag on verso Image: 20 x 24 in; Framed: 29 x 25 in
Santa Monica Auctions
May. 08, 2025
GORDON PARKS (1912-2006) American Gothic, Washington D.C. 1942; printed 1996.
Est: $5,000 - $7,500
GORDON PARKS (1912-2006) American Gothic, Washington D.C. 1942; printed 1996. Silver print, the image measuring 13¼x9 5/8 inches (33.7x24.4 cm.), the sheet slightly larger, with Parks' signature in ink on verso. This work was produced as part of Mother Jones International Fund for Documentary Photography: Civil Rights Portfolio in 1996 as a limited edition of 50.
Swann Auction Galleries
Apr. 24, 2025
Gordon Parks (American, 1912-2006), "Loneliness", 1999
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Gordon Parks (American, 1912-2006) "Loneliness", 1999 iris print on watercolor paper transparency and print from 1999. Unframed.
New Orleans Auction Galleries
Apr. 24, 2025
Gordon Parks (American, 1912-2006), "A Star for Noon", 1975
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Gordon Parks (American, 1912-2006) "A Star for Noon", 1975 iris print on watercolor paper printed 1995 from a 1975 transparency. Unframed.
New Orleans Auction Galleries
Apr. 24, 2025
Gordon Parks (American, 1912-2006), "Valleys and Coves", 1993
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Gordon Parks (American, 1912-2006) "Valleys and Coves", 1993 iris print on watercolor paper printed 1995 from a 1993 transparency. Unframed.
New Orleans Auction Galleries
Apr. 23, 2025
Gordon Parks "Eye Music"
Est: $60 - $80
Gordon Parks "Eye Music". Reproduction Print. 24 x 33. Excellent condition
Bruce Teleky Inc.
Apr. 12, 2025
GORDON PARKS 'COLORED ENTRANCE, DEPARTMENT STORE'
Est: $300 - $500
Gordon Parks 'Colored Entrance, Department Store' archival pigment print, printed after. Mounted to cardstock. Measures 12 1/4" x 12 1/4".
Antiques & Modern Auction Gallery
Mar. 30, 2025
Gordon Parks (American, 1912-2006), "Day Dreamer", 1970
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Gordon Parks (American, 1912-2006) "Day Dreamer", 1970 iris print on watercolor paper printed 1995 from a 1970 transparency. Unframed.
New Orleans Auction Galleries
Mar. 23, 2025
Gordon Parks "Eye Music"
Est: $60 - $80
Gordon Parks "Eye Music". Reproduction Print. 24 x 33. Excellent condition
Bruce Teleky Inc.
Mar. 04, 2025
Gordon Parks, Ella Watson, American Gothic, Washington, DC (from the Mother Jones International Fund for Documentary Photography: Civil Rights portfolio)
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Gordon Parks Ella Watson, American Gothic, Washington, DC (from the Mother Jones International Fund for Documentary Photography: Civil Rights portfolio) 1942 / printed 1996 gelatin silver print image: 13.250 h x 9.625 w in (34 x 24 cm) sheet: 14.000 h x 11.125 w in (36 x 28 cm) Signed and dated to verso 'Gordon Parks 1942'. This work is from the edition of 50 published by Mother Jones Fine Prints, San Francisco. Literature: "Ella Watson: The Empowered Woman of Gordon Parks's 'American Gothic'," Willis, The New York Times, 14 May 2018, unpaginated Gordon Parks: American Gothic: Gordon Parks and Ella Watson, Steidl, ed., cover This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
Mar. 01, 2025
Gordon Parks "Eye Music"
Est: $60 - $80
Gordon Parks "Eye Music". Reproduction Print. 24 x 33. Excellent condition
Bruce Teleky Inc.
Feb. 13, 2025
GORDON PARKS (1912-2006) Abstraction (bird). 1981.
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
GORDON PARKS (1912-2006) Abstraction (bird). 1981. Dye transfer print, the image measuring 20¼x29¼ inches (51.4x74.3 cm.), flush mounted, with Parks' signature and date in ink on recto. Provenance Swann Galleries, sale 1956, lot 11, January 9, 2003; to the Present Owner
Swann Auction Galleries
Feb. 13, 2025
GORDON PARKS (1912-2006) Lighthouse. 1945; printed 1980s.
Est: $3,000 - $4,500
GORDON PARKS (1912-2006) Lighthouse. 1945; printed 1980s. Silver print, the image measuring 18⅞x29⅞ inches (47.9x75.9 cm.), with Parks' signature in silver ink on recto. Provenance Swann Galleries, sale 2026, lot 252, December 7, 2004; to the Present Owner
Swann Auction Galleries
Feb. 08, 2025
Gordon Parks "Eye Music"
Est: $60 - $80
Gordon Parks "Eye Music". Reproduction Print. 24 x 33. Excellent condition
Bruce Teleky Inc.
Dec. 17, 2024
GORDON PARKS (1912-2006) Accordéoniste. Circa 1962–63.
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
GORDON PARKS (1912-2006) Accordéoniste. Circa 1962–63. Silver print, the image measuring 13 3/8x10½ inches (34x26.7 cm.), with Parks' LIFE PHOTO stamp and LIFE copyright stamp on verso.
Swann Auction Galleries
Dec. 14, 2024
Gordon Parks, 1912-2006, American Gothic (Ella Watson)
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Gordon Parks 1912-2006 American Gothic (Ella Watson) 1942 (printed 1980) silver print 9-1/3 x 6-3/4 inches artist's name printed in pencil verso Provenance: private collection, Dallas, TX from the Gordon Parks Foundation website: "At first, I asked her about her life, what it was like, and so disastrous that I felt that I must photograph this woman in a way that would make me feel or make the public feel about what Washington D.C., was in 1942. So I put her before the American flag with a broom in one hand and a mop in another. And I said, "American Gothic"âthat's how I felt at the moment. I didn't care about what anybody else felt. That's what I felt about America and Ella Watson's position inside America." âGordon Parks, 1998. Gordon Parksâs 1942 portrait of government worker Ella Watson, which he famously titled American Gothic, is among the most celebrated and influential photographs of the 20th century. Created as part of an extensive collaboration between the photographer and his subject, it is at once a record of one womanâs position within the racial, professional, and economic hierarchies that stratified the nationâs capital and Parksâs visual reckoning with the realities of Black life in racially segregated Washington, D.C. Remarkably layered and yet instantly legible, American Gothic communicated a complex of injustices with the barest of means: a flag, a woman, a broom, a mop. Its canny allusions to other icons of modern American visual culture, including Grant Woodâs painting of the same title, strengthen the impact of what Parks described as âan indictment of America.â This exhibition and its accompanying publication is the first in-depth survey of this formative project in Parksâs career, providing a context for understanding how American Gothic became one of the defining images of the ongoing struggle for civil rights. In January 1942, with the support of a Rosenwald Fellowship, Parks arrived in Washington, D.C., to apprentice at the Farm Security Administration (FSA). While there, he met Ella Watson, one of the women who cleaned the government offices. After learning about her family and their struggles, Parks decided to make her the subject of his first extended picture story. The resulting photographs were a breakthrough in Parksâ career. Through Watson, he was able to provide an intimate, humanist perspective on Black American life by photographing their everyday activities, both the struggles and moments of joy. The series of photographs, with American Gothic at its center, conveys a remarkably intimate portrait of Watson as a multidimensional figure, vitally importantâand paradoxically overlookedâwithin the civic sphere.
Black Art Auction
Dec. 08, 2024
Gordon Parks (American, 1912-2006), "Awakening"
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Gordon Parks (American, 1912-2006) "Awakening", 1999 iris print on watercolor paper transparency and print from 1999 Unframed.
New Orleans Auction Galleries
Dec. 08, 2024
Gordon Parks (American, 1912-2006), "American Gothic"
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Gordon Parks (American, 1912-2006) "American Gothic, Washington, D.C. (Ellen Watson)", 2021 archival pigment print from the 1942 negative, printed by the Art Guild Press, Santa Fe, New Mexico, signed in print lower right, printer's embossed mark lower right, signed Robert Erlichman, dated "8/18/2021" and with image serial number "297934" en verso. Unframed but in foldover portfolio.
New Orleans Auction Galleries
Nov. 20, 2024
Gordon Parks (1912-2006): Big Mama and Boy
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Gelatin silver print, 1961, date of print unknown, signed and inscribed 'artist proof', the edition was 99. 16 x 20 in. (sheet), 23 3/4 x 27 3/4 in. (frame).
STAIR
Nov. 20, 2024
Gordon Parks (1912-2006): Old Woman, France
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Gelatin silver print, 1952, date of print unknown, signed and inscribed 'artist proof', the edition was 99. 20 x 16 in. (sheet), 23 3/4 x 19 3.4 in. (frame).
STAIR