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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 unidentified figure in a striped dress, with a black cap and face mask. The figure stands center frame, in front of a dark grey background, with her face turned to her proper right. The strapless dress of wide, vertical black and red stripes is worn over a sheer black blouse with a high neck and long sleeves, puffed at the shoulder and wrist. One side of the full skirt is held high to obscure her proper left shoulder and arm. A full black underskirt is visible along the bottom of the skirt. She also wears a tight-fitting black cap and hold a black mask bejeweled with clear stones up to their face to obscure all but here eyes, which are adorned with matching red and black striped lenses. 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: 2019.71.4
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 11/16 in. (48.3 × 32.2 cm)