<I>Bobby McFerrin</I>
date: label: Date
content: 2012; printed 2019
name: label: Photograph by
content: Platon, British, born 1968
label: Subject of
content: Bobby McFerrin, American, born 1950
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of Bobby McFerrin, by Platon. McFerrin is depicted seated with his proper right ankle crossed over his proper left leg. His proper left elbow is propped on the side of his proper right calf with his hand wrapped around the bicep of his proper right arm. His proper right arm is draped across his lap. He is smiling and looking up and to the left into the distance. His chest length dreadlocks are draped over his shoulders, and he has a beard and mustache. He is wearing a black, short sleeve T-shirt and dark tone jeans. The background of the photograph is bright white. The photograph has a thick white border. The edition number, [5/12], is printed in the bottom left corner. The photographer’s signature and date, [Platon 19], is handwritten in the bottom right corner. Inside the border, at the bottom center, is the photographer’s embossed mark: [PLATON ? / EDITIONED ? / PRINT ?[encircled between two bands of embossed dots]]. The back of the photograph is plain and white.
place: label: Place printed
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Classical (Music)
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Platon
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2021.33.51
objectType: label: Type
content: pigment prints
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Platon
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: pigment on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 20 7/8 × 20 in. (53.1 × 50.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (sheet): 24 × 20 in. (61 × 50.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (matted): 22 × 28 in. (55.9 × 71.1 cm)