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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 print portrait of an undientified individual in a black and white ensemble with hair and makeup inspired by the character The Joker. The subject is pictured standing against a dark grey background, wearing a shiny black dress with white puff shoulders, two round white appliqués at the bodice, and large white appliquéd ruffles at the waist and above the knees. She also wears the collar and cuffs of a white button-down shirt and white satin gloves that end just below the fingertips. Her makeup consists of white facepaint, exaggeratted dark eyes with large eyelashes and black paint branching down from under the eye along with a red lip drawn into an exaggerated wide mouth. The subject wears a black and green wig styled to stand straight up with a large green curl at the front. She looks down with her face tilted slightly towards her proper right shoulder and both arms bent with her hands held by her shoulders. 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: 2019.71.26
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)