Photograph of Biz Markie, NYC, 1989
date: label: Date
content: 1989; printed 2003
name: label: Photograph by
content: Michael Benabib, American, born 1962
label: Subject of
content: Biz Markie, American, born 1964
notes: label: Description
content: Two color photographic prints of Biz Markie, one signed by the photographer.
label: Description
content: He is wearing a black sweatshirt and several gold chain necklaces. He is wearing a watch on his proper left wrist. He has a goatee and he is looking up with his eyes partially closed. His chin is resting in his proper left hand.
label: Description
content: 2015.132.72.1 has a white border around the image. It is thinner on the two sides and thicker on the top and bottom. It is signed in black ink on the bottom proper left side under the image. The back of the photograph has light grey text repeated upside down in diagonal lines. There is an inscription by Bill Adler on the bottom, handwritten in blue ink. 2015.132.72.2 has a thin black border around the image with a white border around it. The white border is thickest on the bottom. There is a small yellow stain at the top. The back of the photograph has light grey text repeated in diagonal lines. There are tears at the top and on the sides from where tape used to be. There is a yellow post-it note at the top on the right side.
place: label: Place captured
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Hip-hop (Music)
label: Topic
content: Musicians
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Rappers (Musicians)
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Eyejammie Hip-Hop Photography 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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.132.72.1-.2
objectType: label: Type
content: portraits
label: Type
content: inkjet prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Michael Benabib
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (2015.132.72.1 Sheet): 16 15/16 × 11 in. (43.1 × 27.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (2015.132.72.1 Image): 12 9/16 × 9 3/8 in. (31.9 × 23.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (2015.132.72.2 Sheet): 16 5/16 × 11 in. (41.5 × 27.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (2015.132.72.2 Image): 13 × 8 11/16 in. (33 × 22.1 cm)