<I>RR Chanel, Icon, Founder of the House of Chanel</I>
date: label: Date
content: 2010s
name: label: Photograph by
content: Gerard H. Gaskin, Trinidadian American, born 1965
label: Subject of
content: RR Chanel, American
label: Printed by
content: Light Work, American, founded 1973
notes: label: Description
content: A color photographic print portrait of R.R. Chanel, founder of the House of Chanel. Chanel is pictured standing in front of a dark grey background. He wears a black tuxedo with jacket in a silver and black pattern. His white shirt and black bowtie are bedecked with rhinestones. A diamond studded pin of the interlocking "C" Chanel logo is on his proper left lapel and strands of black beads and chains are draped across the front of his waistcoat. He looks directly at the camera with both hands tucked in his pockets.
place: label: Place captured
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Dance
label: Topic
content: Fashion
label: Topic
content: Gender
label: Topic
content: Identity
label: Topic
content: LGBTQ
label: Topic
content: Music
label: Topic
content: Nightlife
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Sexuality
label: Topic
content: Urban life
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Portfolio/Series
content: Legendary Portraits
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2019.71.12
objectType: label: Type
content: portraits
label: Type
content: inkjet prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Gerard Gaskin
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on Canson Baryta photographique paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet) : 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet) : 19 × 12 11/16 in. (48.3 × 32.2 cm)