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date: label: Date
content: 2010s
name: label: Photograph by
content: Gerard H. Gaskin, Trinidadian American, born 1965
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified
label: Printed by
content: Light Work, American, founded 1973
notes: label: Description
content: A color photographic portrait of an unidentified figure in a Ronald McDonald inspired ensemble. The figure stands in center frame, against a dark grey background. They wear a long, bright red wig and their face is painted in white, red and black clown make-up with exaggerated features. They wear yellow colored contacts that have an orange ring around the exterior. They are dressed in a red, yellow and white leather-like harness. The bodice has vertical red and white stripes with a yellow "M" in the center, yellow straps at the waist and a length of gold chain looped at the bottom center. Long white sleeves are attached via yellow straps at the shoulder and wide red straps connected via O-rings. The sleeves extend past the figure's hands, obscuring them. The bottom is composed of yellow leather-like fabric with exaggerated points at the hips. There are red splatters across the garment. The subject looks directly at the camera, with their proper left arm raised. There are no inscriptions, front or back.
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
setName: label: See more items in
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: 2019.71.5
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 (Image) : 19 × 12 5/8 in. (48.3 × 32.1 cm)