<I>Slow Fade to Black: Dorothy Jean Dandridge</I>
date: label: Date
content: 2009-2010
name: label: Photograph by
content: Carrie Mae Weems, American, born 1953
label: Subject of
content: Dorothy Dandridge, American, 1922 - 1965
notes: label: Description
content: Color inkjet print (a) of Dorothy Jean Dandridge in a green frame (b).
label: Description
content: The photograph (a) is intentionally out of focus. The figure of Dorothy Jean Dandridge is in the center of the photograph. Dandridge's body is angled to the left with her head turned toward the camera. She is in a form-fitting strapless silver dress with a train. Dandridge gives off the appereance of dancing and has her knees and arms bent. The left side of the photograph has a blurred image of a black shape [piano] that extends out of the frame. The background is orange with shadows around the edges that highlight Dandridge in the center. The original photograph shows the grand piano with the lid propped open and a candle resting on the case. Dandridge is wearing a matching earrings and necklace set of dark inlaid gemstones. She has silver heels that match the ruched silver dress with a sweetheart neckline.
label: Description
content: The photograph is inset in the frame (b). The back borders of the frame are raised and have paper tape around the edges. At the top is a sticker with the TransArt International shipping label. The center portion of the frame has two white adhesive labels, one with information about the artist, Carrie Mae Weems. The other has exhibit details and the address for the Jack Shainman Gallery. Below this tag is information about the frame with cleaning instructions checked in black ink. There is a corded metal wire screwed into the frame to hang the photograph.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Actors
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Dance
label: Topic
content: Entertainers
label: Topic
content: Mass media
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Women
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Portfolio/Series
content: Slow Fade to Black
label: Classification
content: Visual Arts
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 Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder in honor of Richard and Laura Parsons, Colin and Alma Powell, and Darren Walker
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.20.6ab
objectType: label: Type
content: portraits
label: Type
content: inkjet prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Carrie Mae Weems
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: inkjet print (a): ink on photographic paper;
label: Medium
content: frame (b): acrylic, wood, wire and metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 11 3/4 × 8 3/4 in. (29.8 × 22.2 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (Frame): 12 7/8 × 9 7/8 × 1 1/2 in. (32.7 × 25.1 × 3.8 cm)